Childwatch International - The Key Institution Initiative

Key Institutions of the
Childwatch International research network:

Key Institutions in Africa

Key Institutions in Asia

Key Institutions in Europe

Key Institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean

Key Institutions in North America

Key Institutions in the Pacific Region

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Africa

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CODESRIA
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
Dakar, Senegal
Achille Mbebe
CODESRIA@sonatel.senet.net
221-25 98 22
221-24 12 89

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Department of Educational Psychology, Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Frederick Moses Okatcha
kupsych@nbnet.co.ke
254-2-810901
254-2-811 242

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Institute for Child and Family Development,
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Fanie Sonn
cfester@adfin.uwc.ac.za
27-21-959 2602
27-21-959 2606

Asia

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Centre for Child Development (CCD), Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong
Lau Sing
lausing@hkbu.edu.hk
852-2339 7400
852-2337 8902

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Center for Children and Youth,
Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Human Development
Jerusalem, Israel
Jack Habib
jack@jdc.org.il
972-2-655 7444
972-2-563 5851

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Child Development Centre of China (CDCC)
Beijing, China
Niu Xiaomei
86-10-661 60139
86-10-661 60151

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Child Research Net
Tokyo, Japan
Noboru Kobayashi
info@crn.or.jp
+81-423-56-0685
+81-423-56-7314

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Department of Child Ecology,
National Children's Medical Reseach Centre
Tokyo, Japan
Masako Tanimura
+81-3 3414 8121
+81 3 3419 0381

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National Institute for Child & Family Development, Mahidol University
Bangkok, Thailand
Nittaya J. Kotchabhakdi
ranjk@mahidol.ac.th
66-2-441-0167
66-2-441-0167

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Unit for Child and Youth Research, Tata Institute of Social Siences
Bombay, India
Usha Nayar
tash@bom2.vsnl.net.in
91-22-556 3290
91-22-556 2912

Europe

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Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England
Martin Richards
mpmr@cus.cam.ac.uk
44-1223-33 45 10
44-1223-33 05 74

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Centre for the Study of the Child & Society, University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland
Stewart Asquith
gkua20@udcf.gla.ac.uk
44-141-339 8855, ext. 4591
44-141-307 8035

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The International Children's Centre
(Centre International de l'Enfance et de la Famille, CIDEF)
Paris, France
Oliver Brasseur
cidef@compuserve.com
33-1-44 30 20 00
33-1-45 25 73 67

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Childhood Programme,
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
Vienna, Austria
Renate Kraenzl-Nagl and
Barbara Riepl
childhood@euro.centre.org
43-1-319 4505
43-1-319 450519

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Children's Rights Centre, University of Gent
Gent, Belgium
Eugeen Verhellen
eugeen.verhellen@rug.ac.be
32-9-264 62 85
32-9-264 6493

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The Norwegian Centre for Child Research (NOSEB)
Trondheim, Norway
Turid Midjo
Turid.Midjo@allforsk.ntnu.no
47-73 59 62 40
47-73 59 62 39

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Center for Independent Ecological Programs
Socio-Ecological Union
Moscow, Russia
Maria Cherkasova
cnep@glas.apc.org (Igor Bradis)
7-095-118 8686
7-095-118 8686

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Programme on International Rights of the Child, University of London
London, England
Geraldine Van Bueren
G.VanBueren@qmw.ac.uk
44-171-775 3280
44-181-981 8733

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UNICEF International Child Development Centre
Florence, Italy
Paolo Basurto
unicef3@mailserver.idg.fi.cnr.it
39-55-234 5258
39-55-244 817

Latin America and the Caribbean

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Center for Research on Childhood, Universidade Santa Ursula
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Irene Rizzini
rizzini@hexanet.com.br
55-21-551 5542
55-21-551 6446

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Centro de Investigaciones para la Infancia y la Familia (CENDIF),
Universidad Metropolitana
Caracas, Venezuela
Maria Angelica Sepulveda
msepulveda@unimet.edu.ve
+58-2-241 68 69 and
+58-2-241 48 33
+58-2-241 68 69

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Fundación PANIAMOR
San José, Costa Rica
Milena Grillo
paniamor@sol.racsa.co.cr
506-225 5031
506-234 2956

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Instituto Interamericano del Niño,
organismo especializado de la Organización
de los Estados Americanos
Montevideo, Uruguay
Rodrigo Quintana Meléndes
iin@chasque.apc.org or
iinsoc@chasque.apc.org (Headquarters in Montevideo, Uruguay) and
Pilotti_Francisco@oas.org (Representative in Washington D.C., U.S.A.)
598-2-472150
598-2-473242

North America

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Canadian Institute of Child Health
Ottawa, Canada
Dawn Walker
cich@igs.net
1-613-224 4144
1-613-224 4145

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Consortium on Children, Families and the Law
Institute for Families in Society
South Carolina, USA
Gary Melton
gmelton@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu
1-803-777 9124
1-803-777 1120

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The Consultative Group on Early Childhood, Care and Development
Massachusets, USA
Judith Evans
cgroup@crocker.com
095-1-413-268 7272
095-1-413-268 7279

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Family Life Development Center, Cornell University
New York, USA
James Garbarino
jg38@cornell.edu
1-607-255 7794
1-607-255 8562

The Pacific Region

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Australian Institute of Family Studies
Melbourne, Australia
Harry McGurk
harry@aifs.org.au
61-3-9214 7807
61-3-9214 7839 or 7840

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Children's Issues Centre, University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
Anne B. Smith
anneb.smith@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
64-3-479 5038
64-3-479 5039

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