WIP Research Links

Dear WIP students,

These are just a few websites to get you started on your research for the World Issues Project this year! As you go through the year, you will become familiar with the global experts in your particular topic. In most of these cases, the link goes to the home page of the organization, so you'll have to search within the site for the specific pages or reports that give the information you need. 

• All topics: United Nations Global Issues Page

• All topics: World Bank

• All topics: USAID (a U.S. agency but works globally)

• All Topics: Peace Corps (a U.S. agency working on several issues globally)

• Climate Change: IPCC (this international group of scientists publishes some of the best data on global warming)

• Climate Change: Yale E360

• Climate Change: NOAA (A U.S. agency, but one that also collects global data)

• Climate Change: NASA

• Climate Change: Refugees

• Climate Change: Union of Concerned Scientists

• Climate Change: Natural disasters

• Climate Change: Natural disasters (PBS)

• Climate Change in Europe

• Climate Change: IRC

• Climate Change and Health

• Climate Change and Disease

• Food Insecurity: World Food Programme

• Food Insecurity: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Food Insecurity: FAO report

• Food Insecurity: World Bank

• Food Insecurity: WHO

• Food Insecurity: USDA (A U.S. agency, but talking about global statistics here)

• Gender-Based Discrimination: UN Women

• Gender-Based Discrimination: Equality Now (nonprofit org)

• Gender-Based Discrimination: European Institute for Gender Equality

• Gender-Based Discrimination: United Nations Population Fund/UNFPA (works on women's healthcare, reproductive health, children's issues, gender based violence, FGM, etc)

• Girls' Education: International Bureau of Education (part of UNESCO, education issues)

• Girls' education, children's health, and other child-related issues: UNICEF

• Human Trafficking: Polaris Project (U.S.-based nonprofit that works in multiple countries)

• Human Trafficking and other crimes: UNODC (may be blocked at Irvington, see below)

• Human Trafficking: Interpol

• Human Trafficking: Not for Sale Campaign

• Labor Trafficking: International Labour Organization (part of the U.N., works on labor issues, fabulous source of detailed reports)

• Infectious Disease and Water: World Health Organization

• Infectious Disease, Water: Doctors Without Borders

• Infectious Disease and Water: CDC (a U.S. agency, but works globally)

• Infectious Disease, water, women, & other issues: CARE International

• Infectious Disease, Refugees, Water, Women: Red Cross

• Refugees: UNHCR

• Refugees: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

• Refugees: Refugees International

• Water: UN Water

• Water: Global Water Partnership

• Water: World Bank--Water homepage

• Water: UNCCD Drought Initiative

NOTE: Due to the hacking incident in FUSD last year, the district has blocked many international websites, including legitimate ones that we need for projects like WIP. If you find a legit, credible site that is blocked with a message like the one below, please report it to Ms. McAuley on this Google Form so we can ask the district to unblock it! For now, you can finish your assignment by opening it at home or on a device (like your phone) that is NOT connected to district Wifi.