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
 

  Abuses of Women and Children:

Children's Rights: Human Rights Watch

Women's Human Rights:  Human Rights Watch

Stop Violence Against Women:  Amnesty International
 

Child Soldiers

Child Soldiers:  Amnesty International

Child Soldiers: Human Rights Watch

Child Labor

Child Labor:  Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan

Women in Post-Taliban Afghanistan:  Human Rights Watch

Afghan Women: U.S. Department of State

WAPHA (Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan)

Female Genital Mutilation

Female Genital Mutilation: World Health Organization

What is Female Genital Mutilation: Amnesty International

Diamond Mining

The True Cost of Diamonds: Amnesty International

 

    Environmental Issues:

Deforestation - Brazil

Rainforest Action Network

The Nature Conservancy in Brazil:  Deforestation

Tropical Forests: The World Bank

        Desertification:

UN Convention to Combat Desertification

Desertification:  UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Ukraine - Nuclear Energy (Chernobyl Disaster):

Chernobyl: 20th Anniversary

Chernobyl: 20 Years On (BBC News Special Report)
 

Overfishing:

          The Ocean Conservancy: Overfishing

Lenfest Ocean Program

Overfishing: a Threat to Marine Diversity  (United Nations)

Three Gorges Dam - China

China's Three Gorges Dam - CNN Special Report

Three Gorges Dam - PBS  - 1997 (good background information)

Three Gorges Dam:  International Rivers Network

     

    Health, Hunger, and Overpopulation:

AIDS in Africa or India:

       HIV/AIDS and Human Rights:  Human Rights Watch

         UNAIDS

         Health Action AIDS Campaign:  Physicians for Human Rights

Landmines:

        United States Campaign to Ban Landmines

        International Campaign to Ban Landmines
 

    Human Rights:

Aborigines in Australia:

Reconciliation Australia

Australian Indigenous People

Racism. No Way.

China - Tibet:

Dreams of Tibet: PBS Frontline

The Government of Tibet in Exile

China - Human Rights Activists, Religious Persecution, Pro-democracy Dissidents:

Human Rights Watch:  China

Chechnya:

Chechnya - Focus on Human Rights: Human Rights Watch

Cuba:

          Cuba - Human Rights Overview:  Human Rights Watch

Sudan - Darfur Crisis:

Crisis in Darfur:  Human Rights Watch

Crisis in Sudan:  Doctors Without Borders

Darfur Survival Campaign:  Physicians for Human Rights

    Political/Cultural Disputes:

Northern Ireland:

Conflict and Hope in Northern Ireland: CNN Special

Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda:

Hunting Bin Laden:  PBS Frontline

Global Anti-Semitism:

Anti-Semitism International: Anti-Defamation League

Effects of Terrorism on Israeli Society:

Terrorism since 2000:  Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Basque Separatism:

          Council on Foreign Relations

            Palestinian Statehood:

          Middle East Research & Information Project

          Human Rights Watch: Israel & Palestinian Authority

             Division for Palestinian Rights:  United Nations

"Axis of Evil" (Iran/North Korea) as Global Threat:

          Kim's Nuclear Gamble: PBS Frontline

          Iran and the Axis of Evil: PBS Frontline

          North Korea Nuclear Standoff:  BBC News

Sri Lanka:

          BBC News Country Profile:  Sri Lanka

          Human Rights Watch:  Sri Lanka

South America's Move to Socialism:

          BBC News: Venezuela Profile

          BBC News:  Bolivia Profile

              

Compiled by Carole Clark and Amalia Connolly
Updated 11/8/2007