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The following is a current list of the national and international committees/coalitions on which we serve. We are also in the process of developing additional relationships to expand our efforts in providing feedback, sharing information, serving as advisors, assisting with program development, supporting campaigns, and offering our general assistance upon request, and as needed.

As a result of our knowledge and expertise, we are often asked to help organizations and agencies to assist them in strategy development, planning, and general consultation. - for more information.

Current Committees/Campaigns

-  Child Labor Coalition (CLC)
     - National/International Legislation Sub-committee
-  Department of Labor (OSHA), Teen Worker Editorial Board
-  Global Campaign on Education (GCE)
-  International Advisory Committee to the Child Welfare League of America
-  International Advisory Committee to the Fair Labor Association
-  International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (UK)
-  International Initiative against the Trafficking of Children *
-  Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition
-  NGO Committee on UNICEF – NGO Global Forum
-  Orphans and Vulnerable Children Taskforce
-  U.N. Study on Violence against Children – North America Consultation Committee *
-  U.S. Campaign against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children *
-  U.S. Campaign for the Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child *
     - Executive Steering Committee (as Committee Chair)
     - Education and Research Committee
     - Youth Participation Committee *
-  U.S. Campaign to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers *

-  Washington Network on Children and Armed Conflict



Memberships

-  Child Labor Coalition (CLC)
-  Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
-  Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
-  Global March against Child Labour (India)

-  International Forum for Child Welfare (IFCW)
-  Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations
-  NGO Committee on UNICEF – NGO Global Forum



Discontinued Committees/Campaigns

-  Campaign Against Conflict Diamonds (Sierra Leone) - work complete
-  Child Labor Coalition - Children’s World Congress, U.S. Planning Committee * - work complete

-  U.S. Alliance for the Convention on the Rights of the Child * - work complete

  (* co-founding member)

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