Global Problems
Research Project
Social Studies - 10th Grade
The Internet is an excellent
source of information on global problems and the efforts
of international organizations committed to finding solutions.
Here are a few links to help you get started. Good luck with your research.
Abuses of Women
and Children
Environmental
Issues
Health, Hunger, and Overpopulation
Human Rights
Political/Cultural Disputes
Female Trafficking
Female Trafficking: Global Fund for Women
Child Soldiers
Child Labor
Afghanistan
Women in Post-Taliban Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch
WAPHA (Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan)
Female Genital Mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation: World Health Organization
Female Genital Mutilation Fact Sheet: Amnesty International
Blood Diamonds
Deforestation - Brazil
Rainforest Action Network: Protect the World's Forests
Desertification:
Global Warming:
Climate Change: Environmental Protection Agency
Global Warming Frequently Asked Questions: National Climate Data Center
Global Warming: New York Times Science
Ukraine - Nuclear Energy (Chernobyl Disaster):
Overfishing:
The Ocean Conservancy: Overfishing
Oil Contamination in Ecuador
In Ecuador, Resentment of Oil Company: New York Times
Three Gorges Dam - China
China's Three Gorges Dam - CNN Special Report
Mexico - Air Pollution:
Health, Hunger, and Overpopulation:
AIDS in Africa or India:
Health Action AIDS Campaign: Physicians for Human Rights
Diseases in the Third World (other than AIDS):
Landmines:
Aborigines in Australia:
Burma (Myanmar) Lack of Democracy
Myanmar (Burma) Human Rights: Amnesty International
China - Tibet:
China - Human Rights Activists, Religious Persecution, Pro-democracy Dissidents:
Cuba:
Cuba - Human Rights Overview: Human Rights Watch
Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo:
Focus on Kosovo: Human Rights Watch
Kurds in Iraq:
Kurds vs. Arabs in Iraq (Time.com)
Sudan - Darfur Crisis:
Sudan Human Rights: Amnesty International
Northern Ireland:
Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda:
Effects of Terrorism on Israeli Society:
Basque Separatism:
Nuclear Proliferation in India and Pakistan:
Palestinian Statehood:
Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Poverty in India or China:
India Urban Poverty Report 2009
Sri Lanka/Tamil Tigers:
BBC News Country Profile: Sri Lanka
Tamil Tigers: New York Times Report
Russia/Georgia Conflict:
Russia/Georgia Conflict has Deep Roots (NPR)
Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan:
Behind the Taliban's Resurgence: Time.com
Compiled by Carole Clark
Updated 11/4/2009