Sample of Full Organizational Database Entry

Founded in 1930.
66 state groups.
Professional medical society of pediatricians and pediatrics subspecialists. Small member library of books and journals on pediatric medicine, office practice, and child health care policy. Maintains 42 committees, councils and task forces including: Accident and Poison Prevention; Early Childhood, Adoption and Dependent Care; Infectious Diseases. Sponsors Pediatric Review and Education Program (PREP), a self-assessment, continuing evaluation program for practicing pediatricians.

Publications:

• AAP News: Monthly newspaper covering social, economic and professional aspects of pediatric care;
• Fellowship List: Annual;
• Pediatrics: Monthly journal;
• Pediatrics in Review: Monthly journal, reports, guides, handbooks.

Defense for Children International (DCI)
Kenneth Klothen, Executive Director
21 S. 13th Street
Philadelphia PA
USA
19107
Phone: (215) 569-8850
Fax: (215) 569-3996

Founded in 1983.
Child service professionals, physicians, lawyers and concerned individuals. Seeks to promote and protect the rights of children as defined by national and international law. Offers support in cases of child maltreatment and abuse, including children involved in: armed conflict; sexual abuse and exploitation; forced disappearance; torture and killing; transnational kidnapping; prisons; international slavery and prostitution. Conducts research on children’s rights issues. Holds consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and UNICEF.

Publications:

• Brochures: Children Under the Gun: Violation of Children’s Rights in El Salvador, 1989-1991;
• Children Without Childhood: Violations of Children’s Rights in Guatemala, 1990;
• Children’s Rights in America: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
• Child Compared With United States Law;
• Convention Action, periodical bulletin;
• In the Child’s Best Interest: A Primer on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
• In the Spirit of Peace: A Global Introduction to Children’s Rights;
• International Children’s Rights Monitor, quarterly magazine.

Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
David S. Liederman, Executive Director
440 1st Street NW - Suite 310
Washington DC
USA
20001
Phone: (202)638-2952
Fax: (202) 638-4004

Founded in 1920.
5 regional groups.
Works to improve care and services for abused, dependent or neglected children, youth and their families. Maintains the Child Welfare League of America Children’s Campaign, a grass roots advocacy network of individuals committed to acting on behalf of children.

• Provides consultation
• Conducts research
• Maintains information service
• Develops standards for child welfare practice
• Administers special projects

Publications:

• Child Welfare: Journal of Policy, Practice and Program, bimonthly articles for professionals who work with children policy makers and researchers on day care, homelessness, foster care, and adoption;
• Child Welfare League of America - Children’s Monitor, monthly newsletter presenting information on children’s policy decisions at the federal level;
• Children’s Voice, quarterly magazine reporting on program and policy developments in child welfare services.

Inter-American Children’s Institute (IACI)
(Instituto Interamericano del Nino)
Dr. Eugenia Maria Zamora, Director General
Avda. 8 de Octabre 2904
Montevideo
URUGUAY
Phone: 02 80 12 19

Founded in 1927.
Library of 25 000 volumes.
Objectives are:

1. to increase awareness of all the problems affecting mothers, children, adolescents, and families in the Americas and to cooperate with governments of member states in finding ways to solve them and
2. to provide technical assistance to countries and to cooperate with them in programs of research, planning, training, and evaluation concerned with child protection.

Publications:

• Boletin del Instituto Interamericano de Nino.

UNICEF
James P. Grant, Executive Director
3 United Nations Plaza
New York NY
USA
10017
Phone: (212) 326-7000
Fax: (212) 888-7465

Founded in 1946.
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Semi-autonomous UN agency working for sustainable human development to ensure the survival, protection and development of children. Cooperates with governments in the developing world to develop and implement low cost community-based programs in social service, health, nutrition, education, water and sanitation, environment, and women in development. Works for universal ratification and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and achievement of the objectives and goals of the 1990 World Summit for Children. Provides universal immunization against six childhood diseases - diphtheria, measles, poliomyelitis, whooping cough, tetanus, and tuberculosis. Promotes the use of oral rehydration therapy to treat diarreheal dehydration, which is the leading cause o death in children in developing countries. In cooperation with the World Healh Organization has launched a “baby friendly hospital initiative” to advance breastfeeding. Provides training for health workers and traditional birth attendants. Furnishes technical supplies and equipment for health centers. Advocates with and helps governments in strengthening basic education for all. Seeks to help children in especially difficult circumstances, including children in armed conflict. Provides relief and rehabilitation assistance in response to the needs of children and women affected by emergencies. Works with 34 national committees, mostly in industrialized countries, providing fund-raising and advocacy support. More than 180 non-governmental organizations maintain consultative relationships with the organization. Reference libraries: archival material, photographs, audiovisuals

Publications:

• Facts and Figures (in English, French and Spanish);
• First Call for Children (in English, French and Spanish), quarterly newsletter;
• State of the World’s Children (in Arabic, English, French and Spanish), annual - offered in 20 other national languages;
• UNICEF Annual Report.

Save the Children Federation ( SCF)
James J. Bausch, President
54 Wilton Road
Westport CT
USA
06880
Phone: (203) 221-4000
Fax: (203) 454-3914

Founded in 1932.
Voluntary, nonsectarian agency that assists children, families and communities in the U.S. and abroad to achieve social and economic stability through community development and family self help projects. Offers aid to victims of disaster. Programs are designed to “contribute to the growth, dignity, independence and self reliance of the individual.” Conducts programs in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkino Faso, Cameroon, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gambia, East/West Bank, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordon, Kiribati, Korea, Lebanon, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Publications:

• Community Reports, semi annual information on program areas world wide;
• Impact Magazine, quarterly;
• Save the Children Reports, periodical.