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Family Studies: Professional Organizations

Family Studies & Human Development professional bodies

ActionAid - an international anti-poverty agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide by overcoming the injustice and inequity that causes it.

Center of Concern - Through research, analysis, networking, public education and advocacy, the Center works to advance more just, sustainable and authentically human development for all, especially for the marginalized and those in poverty.

Global Volunteers - Global Volunteers mobilizes teams of volunteers to live and work with local people on human and economic development projects identified by the community as important to its long-term development.

International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) - ISSBD is a "truly international" organization that promotes scientific research of human development throughout the life span.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - UNDP is the UN's global network, advocating for development and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life --UN Identity ensures neutrality and respect for each country's control over its own future.