Links to Articles Relevant to Gulen Essay Competition and Expository Essay

Violence:

Impact of Violent Conflict on Child Health
http://www.microconflict.eu/publications/PB6_PV_TB_RA.pdf
UN Rights of the Child:
http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/files/uncrcchilldfriendlylanguage.pdf
Preventing Violent Conflict:
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/94F326327650B3D3C12572DD004BD0CF-dfid-conflictprevention-may07.pdf
Peace Education in Afghanistan: 
http://www.helptheafghanchildren.org/pages.aspx?content=28
On the Brink:
http://www.humiliationstudies.org/documents/ScheperPrevention.pdfPoverty:
NPR story on Obama sending Troops to Fight LRA in Central Africa:  http://www.npr.org/2011/10/25/141667263/activists-support-u-s-move-against-uganda-rebels
Link to Invisible Children (Organization):  http://invisiblechildren.com/homepage

Poverty

Poverty Statistics:  http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats
Good Overview on Wikipedia, but DO NOT CITE WIKIPEDIA:  See sources.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_poverty
State of the World's Children (UNICEF):  http://
www.unicef.org/sowc/
Poverty in America:  Faces Behind the Figures (CBS):  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/19/national/main20108085.shtml?tag=re1.channel
NYT Article About Poverty Spikes in American:  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/us/extreme-poverty-is-up-brookings-report-finds.html?_r=1&hp
Kiva (Micro-Lending Organization):  www.kiva.org
Grameen Bank (Bank for the Poor, Micro-lending):  http://www.grameen-info.org/
Oxfam International:  http://www.oxfam.org/
Who Rules the Global Economy? (NYT):  http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/who-rules-the-global-economy/?pagemode=print

Child Labor:
New York Times Times Topics:  Child Labor:  http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/child_labor/index.html


Child Slavery:

Chocolate and Child Slavery (American University):  http://www1.american.edu/ted/chocolate-slave.htm

LA Times Article:  http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/12/world/fg-ghana-slavery12

UN fears rising child sex trade:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/09/johnaglionby/print

Gender Inequality:
A Case for Global Women's Rights ("Strong Women Build Strong Economies" from CNN):  http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/11/28/womens-rights-strong-economy/
National Geographic Article on Child Brides:  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/child-brides/gorney-text

Health Issues/AIDS:
UNICEF:  Children and HIV and AIDS:  http://www.unicef.org/aids/index_introduction.php
"Selling Water, Health Care in the Developing World" (NPR):  http://www.npr.org/2011/11/22/142184691/selling-water-health-care-in-the-developing-world

Education:

"Students Briefly Occupy Chile's Senate" (from New York Times):  http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/10/20/world/americas/AP-LT-Chile-Congress-Protesters.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Feducation%2Findex.jsonp