Educational Links
Read more about issues related to UNICEF and children's rights through these useful links.
UNICEF Publications
For Teachers and Students
Child Rights
Violence and Abuse
Armed Conflict
Child Labour, Trafficking & Exploitation
Gender
Basic Education
Indigenous Issues
Juvenile Justice
Refugees
UNICEF PUBLICATIONS
The UNICEF publications catalogue includes descriptions, PDF files, ordering information for publications in print format, and links to online texts.
To download PDF publications on a variety of topics – ranging from debt, poverty and gender to child soldiers and child rights - please visit UNICEF’s international publications site.
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FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
Global Classroom:
UNICEF Canada’s teaching and student resources - classroom activities, child rights Q&A, and a curriculum corner for teachers.
Teach UNICEF:
TeachUNICEF is a resource for U.S. educators with education materials that have been designed to help teachers bring a global understanding of the needs of children and families around the world into the classroom.
Magic - Teachers:
Selected web resources for teachers who work with their students on media projects—TV, radio, newspapers, online, or other.
UNICEF Information by country:
Country overviews, real life stories and statistics from more than 180 countries around the world.
What we do:
Learn more about UNICEF’s priorities for helping children around the world.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child:
What is the CRC and how does it affect children in Australia and overseas
AusAID's Global Education site
Teachers Talking About Learning
Supporting teachers’ professional development, this archived website provides opportunities to explore ideas, discuss issues and take action.
UN Cyberschoolbus
Curriculum, facts, interactive games, quizzes and events.
Video/audio for educators
Television programs and broadcast-quality videos for educational outreach.
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CHILD RIGHTS
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
Find out about national and international child rights laws, child rights mechanisms, and information on child rights in any country as well as information about news, reports or events on our website too.
International Bureau for Children’s Rights
Youth Advocate Program International
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VIOLENCE AND ABUSE
UNICEF and Child Protection
Children's House in Cyberspace
ECPAT International (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes)
The International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001 to 2010)
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ARMED CONFLICT
Optional Protocol on the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
UNICEF and Children in Armed Conflict
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Impact of Armed Conflict on Children - 1996 Report of Graca Machel, Expert of the Secretary General of the United Nations
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
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CHILD LABOUR, TRAFFICKING & EXPLOITATION
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children,
Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
UNICEF and Child Protection
Anti-Slavery International
Child Labour Coalition
ECPAT International (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes)
International Labour Organisation
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GENDER
UNICEF and Gender Equality
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Amnesty International – Stop Violence Against Women
UN Development Fund for Women – UNIFEM
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Women)
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BASIC EDUCATION
UNICEF and Basic Education
United Nations Girls Education Initiative
Back on track: Rebuilding education, Rebuilding Societies
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INDIGENOUS Issues
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Reconciliation Australia
Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)
Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Monash University
National Native Title Tribunal
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
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JUVENILE JUSTICE
UNICEF and Juvenile Justice
National Children's and Youth Law Centre, Australia
Australian Institute of Criminology
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ)
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REFUGEES
Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
Refugee Council of Australia
United Nations High Commission for Refugees - Child Issues
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