Child Advocacy
Anti-Slavery International - Anti-Slavery International, founded in 1839, is the world's oldest international human rights organization and the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses. They work at local, national and international levels to eliminate the system of slavery around the world.
Free the Slaves - Free the Slaves liberates slaves around the world, helps them rebuild their lives and researches real world solutions to eradicate slavery forever.
Campus Coalition Against Trafficking (CCAT) - The Campus Coalition Against Trafficking is a university student organization focused on building the anti-trafficking movement by engaging college campus and other student youth in anti-trafficking efforts in their communities and abroad. They are working toward their goal by training emerging leaders, fostering youth empowerment and raising awareness about human trafficking.
Churches Alert to Sex Trafficking across Europe - Founded in 2004, CHASTE works with women and men who have escaped the subordination of traffickers as they recover from the deep and lasting trauma which this form of sex slavery entails. CHASTE was developed from the experience of working with those who were on the point of deportation from the United Kingdom in Immigration and Removal Centers who had been trafficked. They have developed a network of European churches to respond to the increase in human trafficking and provide survivor support.
Children International - Children International is a nonprofit, humanitarian organization dedicated to easing the burdens of poverty on poor children. Our child sponsorship solution provides, health, educational, material and emotional aid to very poor children from around the world. One-to-one sponsorship gives them the opportunity to break the cycle of poverty and realize their full potential.
Children of the Night - Founded in 1979, Children of the Night is dedicated to assisting children between the ages of 11 and 17 who are forced into prostitution. Since its inception, Children of the Night has rescued more than ten thousand American children from commercial sex trade.
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) - Founded in 1988, The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) promotes women's human rights by working internationally to combat sexual exploitation. CATW was the first international non-governmental organization to focus on human trafficking, especially sex trafficking of women and girls. They have regional networks in Asia, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Australia.
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) - Established in 1998, The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) has been a pioneer in the anti-trafficking movement in the United States and works exclusively with trafficked persons. CAST is a multi-ethnic human rights organization whose mission is to assist persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery-like practices. CAST has provided training and technical assistance to thousands of NGO and government personnel and represented the United States at international events on human trafficking. CAST opened the first shelter for trafficked women in the U.S., offering a model for the development of services to victims of trafficking. CAST's programs include Social Services, Legal Services, and Training & Advocacy and have assisted over 200 victims of trafficking in some of the most well known cases in the U.S.
Compassion - Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults.
Development and Education Program for Daughters and Communities (DEPDC) - DEPDC is a community based NGO working in Thailand on the prevention side of the trafficking of women and children into the sex industry and other exploitative child labor situations. It offers free education, vocational training and full time accommodations for young girls and boys.
Emancipation Network - The Emancipation Network gives you the opportunity to fight slavery and help survivors of slavery rebuild their lives, by hosting an Awareness party at your home, office or anywhere in your community, where you can sell beautiful handicrafts made by survivors at 20 shelters around the world. You can also purchase products online. Either way, you offer a pathway of hope and empowerment to women whose lives have been devastated by slavery and exploitation"
Feed the Children - During our 29-year history, Feed The Children has grown into one of the world's largest private organizations dedicated to helping hungry and hurting people. Last year, Feed The Children shipped 135 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and families in all 50 states and in 32 foreign countries, supplementing almost 800,000 meals a day worldwide. Since our founding in 1979 by Larry and Frances Jones, Feed The Children has reached out to help children and families in 118 countries around the globe.
Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking (FCAHT) - The Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking (FCAHT) focuses on how to identify victims, provide advocacy, and pursue justice for victims. FCAHT provides outreach and advocacy services to at-risk people who live and work in target areas in Southern Florida and actively participates in human trafficking cases.
Free For Life Ministries, Inc. - Free For Life Ministries, Inc raises support for safe houses around the world that have a proven track record in the fight against human trafficking. We also provide education to physicians, churches, and the public at large with regard to the problem and scope of human trafficking around the world.
Free the Slaves - Free the Slaves battles worldwide slavery by assisting people to freedom and providing assistance to acclimate to life after liberation, by removing slave labor from consumer products and by facilitating governments to enforce their own antislavery laws.
Global Fund for Women - The Global Fund for Women is an international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice. We advocate for and defend women's human rights by making grants to support women's groups around the world.
Hagar - A Christian based development organization based in Cambodia, Hagar aims to provide women and children from extremely disadvantaged backgrounds opportunities for recovery in readiness to pursue reintegration options through emotional, psychological and social support in secure residential environments.
Help the Children - Help the Children is a nonprofit humanitarian and disaster relief organization dedicated to help alleviate the suffering of children and their families throughout the United States and around the world. We provide disaster aid, clothing, medical and dental supplies, and food.
International Justice Mission - International Justice Mission is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local governments to ensure immediate victim rescue, to prosecute perpetrators and to strengthen the community and civic factors that promote functioning public justice systems. IJM's local justice professionals work in 14 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
La Strada - La Strada aims to prevent trafficking of human beings, with a focus on women in Central and Eastern Europe. The primary goal is to improve the position of women and to promote their universal rights, including the right to choose to emigrate and work abroad and to be protected from violence and abuse. La Strada refers victims to support networks in the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Moldova.
Lives for Sale - An investigative documentary, Lives For Sale traces the true stories of two young women who were trafficked in the United States, one in California, the other in Florida. This harrowing film goes beyond the rhetoric to show why immigrants are willing to risk everything--even virtual slavery--for the American Dream. Produced by the Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers (www.society.maryknoll.org) and Lightfoot Films in association with Faith & Vales Media, Lives for Sale premiered on public television in 2007(check local listings). For an educational DVD with an interactive study guide and other extras go to the website.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) - The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's® (NCMEC) mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them.
Nightlight Design - A Christian ministry based in urban Bangkok, NightLight provides outreach to women and children exploited in the city's sex bars. It's main goal is to intervene when children are solicited for sex trafficking and also to provide women with job training and employment through a self-sustaining business.
Not For Sale - Not For Sale is a campaign of individuals, musicians, artists, people of faith, businesses, schools, and sports teams united to inspire a new generation of abolitionists to fight the modern global slave trade.
Polaris Project - Polaris project is a leading international organization combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Based in the United States and Japan, they bring together community members, survivors, and professionals to fight trafficking and slavery in the spirit of a modern-day Underground Railroad.
Protection Project - Based at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC, the Protection Project documents information about the scope of the problem of trafficking, with a focus on U.S. and International laws, case law, and implications for foreign policy.
Regina Pacis - The Regina Pacis Fund oversees protection programs for victims of sexual trafficking in Italy and Moldova. They offer material and psychological assistance, employment, and reintegration facilities for girls who decide to return home.
Ricky Martin Foundation - The Ricky Martin Foundation is a non-for profit organization whose mission is to advocate for the well-being of children around the world in critical areas such as social justice education and health. Our flagship program People for Children condemns child exploitation.
Rugmark - Rugmark aims to end child labor and offers educational opportunities for children in Nepal, India, and Pakistan. The Rugmark label assures consumers that no illegal child labor was employed in the manufacture of a carpet or rug.
Salvation Army - The Salvation Army is committed to policy resources and public action against sex trafficking. It assists trafficking victims and has recently launched an international awareness campaign.
Save the Children - Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating real and lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. It is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, comprising 28 national Save the Children organizations working in more than 110 countries to ensure the well-being of children.
Sankalp - Sankalp works with the indigenous Kol people in the state of Uttar Pradesh in north India who have survived for generations as bonded laborers with an illegal debt that can never be paid off. Sankalp helps them organize into micro-credit unions and collaborates with volunteer lawyers to acquire small-scale quarrying leases from the state and to win freedom for the Kol people.
Soujourners - A Christian ministry, Sojourners organizes social justice and is dedicated to building a global movement to transform individuals, communities, the church and the world. It collaborates with U.S. and international faith-based groups to combat poverty and the global slave trade.
Standing Against Global Exploitation Project (SAGE) - A unique collaboration between law enforcement, public health, social services, and private agencies, SAGE partners work for restorative justice that benefits individual communities and the whole of society.
Stop the Demand - Stop the Demand promotes a world free of all forms of sexual violence against, and sexual exploitation of, children with a particular focus on challenging the demand for sex with children
Stop the Traffik - A global coalition, Stop the Traffik focuses on advocacy and education to fight human trafficking. Currently over three hundred member organizations including businesses, faith groups, community groups and charities have joined Stop the Traffik.
Tiny Stars - Tiny stars aims to expose the growing multibillion dollar industry of the child sex trade and works behind the scenes alongside law enforcement to capture international child predators. Tiny Stars is also committed to educating the public and give voice to vulnerable victims.
Unite for Children (UNICEF) - Unite for the Children (UNICEF) works with governments, national and international agencies, and civil society to support effective and essential actions at each phase of the life cycle of the child, including in pregnancy, early childhood, preschool and school-going years, and in adolescence.
World Vision - A Christian humanitarian organization, World vision is dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
Restoration Ministries - Restoration Ministries, based in Washington, D.C., helps trafficking survivors build a new support system through the body of Christ. RM provides a safe and nurturing environment for men, women and children to be restored.
The Redlight Children Campaign - The Redlight Children Campaign is a world wide grassroots campaign that aims to reduce child trafficking and child prostitution by targeting demand through law enforcement and financial sanctions.
Vision Abolition - Vision Abolition is fighting to end sex trafficking across the world. Join the movement committed to changing lives, one person at a time.
Vital Voices - Vital Voices Global Partnership believes in the trans-formative value of women's participation in society. We invest in emerging women leaders - pioneers of economic development, political participation, and human rights in their countries - and we help them build the capabilities, connections, and credibility they need to unlock their potential as catalysts of global progress. Combating human trafficking is one of Vital Voices' main focuses to protect women's rights.
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