Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities, UNICEF

Healthlink WorldwideCityside, 40 Adler Street, London E1 1EE, UKWebsites: www.healthlink.org.uk/index.html;www.healthlink.org.uk; http://www.healthlink.org.uk/projects/disability/articles02.htmlHealthlink works with over 50 partners worldwide,mobilizing innovative knowledge and communicationprocesses; empowering people to voice their healthneeds and have those voices heard. In additionto disability, it focuses on HIV and AIDS, malariaand tuberculosis, community health, advocacy andinformation technology.Inclusion InternationalThe Rix Centre, University of East London, 4-6University Way London E16 2RD, UKTel: +44 208 223 7709 ; Fax: +44 208 223 7411Email: info@inclusion-international.org; Website:www.inclusion-international.org/Inclusion International (II) is a global federation offamily-based organizations advocating for the humanrights of people with intellectual disabilities and theirfamilies worldwide. It represents over 200 memberfederations in 115 countries throughout five regions,Middle East and North Africa, Europe, Africa and theIndian Ocean, the Americas and Asia Pacific.International Deaf Children’s Society (IDCS)15 Dufferin Street, London EC1Y 8UR, UKTel: +44 20 7490 8656Website: www.ndcs.infoThe IDCS is the international development wing ofthe National Deaf Children’s society of the UK, andprovides a resources library for search content. Thewebsite contains a long list of recent articles andpapers, and a comprehensive search engine. It hasinformation primarily on Europe but also some usefulresources on Africa and East Asia.International Disability and DevelopmentConsortium (IDDC)c/o Handicap International, 5 Station Hill, Farnham,Surrey GU9 8AA, UKTel: +44 1252 821 429; Fax: +44 1252 821428Email: co-ordinator@iddc.org.uk;Website: www.iddc.org.ukIDDC is a self-managing group currently consistingof 16 non-government organizations supportingdisability and development work in over 100countries globally. IDDC's aim is to more effectivelyand efficiently promote the rights of people withdisabilities through collaboration and the sharingof information and expertise. To achieve this aim,IDDC believes development policy and practiceshould be inclusive.International Save the Children Alliance275-281 King Street, London, W6 9LZ, UKTel: +44 20 8748 2554; Fax: +44 20 8237 8000Email: Webmaster@save-children-alliance.org;Website: www.savethechildren.net/The International Save the Children Alliance isthe world’s largest independent children’s rightsorganization with 29 members working in over120 countries. Save the Children works for a worldthat respects and values each child, that listens toevery child, and where all children have hope andopportunity. Save the Children works to overcomebarriers of entrenched attitudes and discriminationthat face children with impairments, even in thoseareas where there is willingness to provide aneducation to all children.Landmine Survivors Network11 rue de Cornovan, 1201 Geneva, SwitzerlandTel.: +41 22 732 28 41Website: www.landminesurvivors.orgLSN works across the globe to help survivors securethe services they need to help them reclaim theirlives. Aiding people injured in landmine accidentshelps them move from being victims to beingsurvivors and fully participating citizens in theircommunities. First and foremost, LSN helps ensurethat survivors have the medical care needed to regainand maintain their health.Leonard Cheshire International30 Millbank, London SW1P 4QD, UKWebsite: www.lcint.orgLCI is a leading non-governmental organizationwith 60 years of achievement in promoting positiveattitudes to disability and empowering persons withdisabilities. LCI works with organizations for personswith disabilities, international organizations, nationalgovernments and local communities to changeattitudes to ability and provide services to peoplearound the world.Light for the WorldDarnautgasse 13/5, A 1120 Vienna, AustriaTel: +43 1810 13006Websites: www.light-for-the-world.org;www.licht-fuer-die-welt.at (German)Light for the World - Christoffel DevelopmentCooperation is an Austrian non-governmentaldevelopment organization committed to helpingpeople who have eye diseases, are blind or haveother disabilities in underprivileged regions,irrespective of gender, origin, ethnicity or religion.Innocenti Digest No. 13Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities48