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Bringing concise, accurate, and up-to-date information
to the public and policy-makers about issues impacting
the world's youth is one primary activity of YAP International.
Our booklet series on a variety of international youth
victimization and exploitation focuses on current and
emerging issues.
Each
booklet provides an introduction to the subject that
readers and partners tell us is interesting and appropriate
for high school and college students, teachers, professors,
policy-makers, and anyone else interested in learning
more about these topics. At the end of the page is a
partial list of some of the organizations that have
ordered our publications.
For further information, please review our issue
summaries and/or our reports
and research web pages.
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Modern
Child Slavery: The Coercion and Exploitation of Youth
Worldwide © 2002
The latest booklet in YAP-International's series on
international youth issues. This booklet highlights
the conditions of millions of children today who are
coerced to perform grueling work, are controlled through
violence and receive no pay for the work they are forced
to do.
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here to download the booklet as a PDF file.
Click here to order this booklet.
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Stateless
Children: Youth Who Are Without Citizenship, ©
2002
This booklet highlights the vulnerability of the millions
of children today who are not officially recognized
as citizens of any country.
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here to download the booklet as a PDF file.
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Discrimination
Against the Girl Child: Female Infanticide, Female
Genital Cutting and Honor Killing, © 2000
The sixth booklet in YAP-International's series on international
youth issues describes practices that rob girl children
of control over their persons and, in some instances,
rob them of their very lives. It examines the
cultural and practical motivations behind female infanticide,
female genital cutting and honor killing and explores
what is being done to put an end to these human rights
abuses.
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here to download the booklet as a PDF file.
Click here to order this booklet.
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Children
& the HIV/AIDS Crisis: Youth who are Infected &
Affected, © 1999
The crisis that HIV/AIDS has created in the lives of
children and youth around the world compelled YAP International
to write Children and the HIV/AIDS Crisis. Young
people have the highest rate of new HIV infections worldwide,
and millions of children are orphaned and abandoned
because their parents and other family members have
died of AIDS. This booklet provides a valuable
overview of a subject we dare not ignore.
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here to download the booklet as a PDF file.
Click here to order this booklet.
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Children
Behind Bars: Youth who are Detained, Incarcerated &
Executed, © 1999
International treaties, conventions and rules stipulate
standards for the humane treatment of children who are
detained or incarcerated. However, detained and
incarcerated children often are held in substandard
conditions and denied access to education, adequate
medical care, due process and other services.
This booklet provides an overview of factors that put
children at risk of incarceration and identifies the
international standards that protect the rights of these
children. The booklet also discusses the effects
of incarceration and the death penalty for youthful
offenders.
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here to download the booklet as a PDF file.
Click here to order this booklet.
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Commercial
Sexual Exploitation of Children: Youth Involved in Prostitution,
Pornography & Sex Trafficking, second printing,
© 2000
Around the world hundreds of thousands, if not millions,
of children are involved in the sex trade. Our third
booklet in a series on international youth issues focuses
on these children. This booklet provides an overview
of factors that put children at risk of entering the
sex trade and identifies the practices of those who
profit from and abuse these children. The booklet
also enumerates efforts to stop this abuse, as outlined
by the First World Congress Against the Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children.
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here to download the booklet as a PDF file.
Click here to order this booklet.
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Child
Soldiers: Youth who Participate in Armed Conflict, second
printing, © 1999
Child Soldiers, the first booklet in our series on international
youth issues, provides an overview of the conditions
and treatment of the estimated 250,000 children who
fight in wars around the world. This booklet describes
the impact soldiering has on children and steps being
taken to end this abuse. Child Soldiers provides a solid
introduction to the issue and includes a list of sources
for more information.
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here to download the booklet as a PDF file.
Click here to order this booklet.
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Child
Labor: Exploited and Abused Youth at Work, © 1998
There are over 250 million child laborers between the
ages of 5 and 14. Approximately 95 percent of child
labor is carried out on street corners, in agricultural
fields and in strangers' homes. Our second booklet
in a series on international youth issues focuses on
these child laborers. This booklet provides an
overview of exploitative child labor practices and identifies
the factors that bring children into the work force.
Steps to reduce child labor also are discussed.
A special profile on the plight of domestic child servants--one
of the most neglected groups of child laborers--is included.
In 2002 this booklet was rewriiten and developed into
our new booklet: Modern Child Slavery (out of print).
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A
Right World: Helping Kids Understand the Convention
on the Rights of the Child
Youth Advocate Program International has published a
children's book on the UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child. The simple text and engaging childlike
illustrations in this full-color book provide adults
the perfect vehicle for introducing serious concepts
to children. It is a "must read" for the world's
youngest citizens. Click here
to order this children's book.
Action
for Children (OH)
AFL-CIO
Amazon.com
American Association of Retired Persons
American Bar Association
American
Federation of Teachers
American
Friends Service Committee
American Jewish Congress
American Medical Association
American
Psychological Association
American
University
Amnesty
International USA
Aukland University of Technology Library (New Zealand)
Barnes
& Noble Booksellers
Bernard van Leer Foundation (Netherlands)
Blackwell’s
Book Services
Book House, Inc.
Borders Books & Music
California State University at Long Beach Library
Casa Alianza
Catholic
Social Services (Canada)
Center
for Defence Information
Central
Michigan University
Chameleon
Photos Inc.
Child Labor Coalition
Child
Rights Information Network
Child
Welfare League of America
Children
and Youth Foundation of the Philippines
Children’s
Advocate (Canada)
Children's
Rights Alliance (Ireland)
City
of Jacksonville Juvenile Justice Comprehensive Strategy
Council
on Foreign Relations
Covenant
House
DC
Public Schools
Deepalaya
(India)
DMACC
Library (IA)
Eastern Book Company (ME)
ECPAT UK, Thomas Clarkson House
ECPAT
USA
Emery Pratt Company
Estonian Union for Child Welfare
Fair
Labor Association
Federal
Department of Justice (Canada)
Free
a Child
Free the Slaves
Global
Fund for Women
Global March against Child Labour
Government
of Canada
Government
of India
Government
of Jordan
Government
of Spain
Government
of Sweeden
Government
of Ukraine
Hale
& Dorr, LLP (DC)
HAQ (India)
Her
Majesty, Queen of Jordan
Her Majesty, Queen of Sweden
Hong Kong International School
Human
Rights Watch USA
Institute for African Child, Ohio University
Intercommunity
Center for Justice and Peace
International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
International
Committee on the Red Cross
International
Federation of Child Welfare (IFCW)
International
Federation of the Red Cross
International
Initiative to End Child Labor
International
Labor Organization (Geneva)
International Red Cross
International
Red Cross - Cruz Rojas
International
Social Service
International Youth Advocate Foundation
Intervention
Press (Denmark)
Japanese
Organization for International Cooperation in Family
Planning
Main
Post Library (GA)
Midwest Library Service (MO)
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
Mobile Creche (India)
National
Consortium on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
National
Consumers League
National
Education Association
National
Youth Advocate Program
NGO
Committee on UNICEF - Global Forum
Polaris
Project
Pravah
(India)
Prayas
(India)
Protection
Project
Radzinowicz
Library, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
Regional
Clearinghouse on Population Education and Communication
Rockefeller Foundation, Funding Collaborative Philanthropy
Workshop
Rugmark USA
Ryan
Library, Point Loma Nazarene University (CA)
Salvation Army
Save the Children (Sweden)
Save
the Children, USA
Schaumburg Township District Library (IL)
School of Social Work, Springfield College (MA)
Specialty Books (OH)
Starkmann Inc. (MA)
St. Francis and Clare Catholic Church (IN)
St. Thomas Aquinas Church (CT)
Under Our Wings
UNICEF
UNICEF Jordan Country Office
UNESCO
Principle Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
U.S. Campaign against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation
of Children
U.S.
Congressional Representatives
U.S.
Department of Education
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
U.S.
Department of Justice
U.S.
Department of Labor
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
U.S.
Postal Inspectors
U.S.
Department of State
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Wilmington College Bookstore (MA)
World Organization against Torture
Women’s
Commission for Refugee Women and Children
World Vision
Yankee Book Peddler, Inc. (NH)
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Program International 2003-04
Last updated 5/28/2004
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