Lend-A-Hand India has compiled a list of tools and resources on issue related to:
Youth
Vocational Training
Employment and Entrepreneurship

This list is updated periodically. Contributions are welcome. Please write to LAHI(at)lend-a-hand-india.org.

UN and its institutions:
Updated resource sheet on MDGs issued in June 2005 by UNDP. This includes some of the latest papers and reports on various dimensions of the MDGs.
http://www.undp.org/cso/documents/undp_cso_mdgs_sep05.pdf

ILO Youth Employment Network
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/yen/

UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org

World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/thematic.htm
(Children & Youth link and Education & Training link)

UN Conventions:
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm

Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/text/econvention.htm

International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm

International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_cescr.htm

Government of India web resources

National Policy on Education
http://www.education.nic.in/NatPol.asp

Indian Child - A Profile
http://wcd.nic.in/

National Plan of Action for Children
http://wcd.nic.in

National Youth Policy 2003
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_cescr.htm

Youth Schemes
http://yas.nic.in

Youth Support organizations
http://yas.nic.in

List of NGOs receiving financial assistance during 2004-05 for the cause of youth
http://yas.nic.in

Education Guarantee Scheme (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan)
http://www.education.nic.in/Elementary/elementary.asp

Training and Employment Schemes
http://dget.nic.in

National Policy for Empowerment of Women
http://wcd.nic.in

Training and Employment Directorates, State Directorates, Women Occupational Institutions
http://dget.nic.in

Prominent NGO/ Research and Advocacy
Understanding Children's Work (Inter-agency Collaboration, Innocenti)
http://www.ucw-project.org

ProPoor
http://www.propoor.org

Taking It Global
http://projects.takingitglobal.org
(Youth Employment Summit India Network link)

Global Youth Action Network
http://www.youthlink.org

Eldis Children & Youth
http://www.eldis.org/children/index.htm