The Clearinghouse provides cross-national, comparative information about the policies, programs, benefits and services available in the advanced industrialized countries to address child, youth, and family needs. Coverage focuses on 23 advanced industrialized countries. Expansion to other countries and other parts of the world is planned.

• Globalization, Migration and Children: The Need for a Human Rights Approach, Lecture series on "The Future of Children in a Global Society," by Mary Robinson.

• Comparative policies: Section 1.5: Lone Parents /Lone Mother Families with Children

• Country profile: India