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Every day, children are harmed by America’s broken child welfare, juvenile justice, education, and healthcare systems. Through relentless strategic advocacy and legal action, they hold governments accountable for keeping kids safe and healthy. Children’s Rights has made a lasting impact, protecting hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children and they are poised to help millions more. They are depending on us…and you.

Shaishav envisions the creation of a society where each child achieves the potential she or he is born with, becomes independent, and contributes to the holistic and sustainable development of a world that is just, peaceful, and humane. We believe that all children should enjoy basic rights and experience the joys of childhood equally; that all children should become productive, socially sensitive, and democratically skilled citizens. Shaishav strives to: Ensure that all children achieve the basic right to free and compulsory education Create a child centred environment and provide opportunities where children and youth can realise their basic rights Develop learning resources for children and make them available to all those who can influence children's holistic development

MISSION: To undertake programs, projects and activities aimed at fulfilling the all round developmental needs of rural and tribal women that are in consonance with the vision of the organization that reads as "Emergence of empowered rural and tribal women with equality of rights, freedom of expression, and with a deep concern for the suffering irrespective of caste, creed, religion, race and language differences" Goal - Empowered rural communities with people developed in all aspects of life and have the knowledge and skills to decide for themselves and do not attribute everything that happens in their life to fate and destiny. The main aims of the organization are: To equip women with knowledge and skills that would help them manage all their affairs on their own - In other words, help women attain empowerment; To capacitate women through leadership development, community organization, promotion of self-help groups: To organize skill development and income generating programs and allow participation of women in all stages of project implementation that included monitoring and evaluation; To strive for a gender just society where women have the knowledge, right, freedom and capacity to participate equally with men in the governance of the society.

MISSION Women for Afghan Women (WAW) is dedicated to protecting and promoting the rights of disenfranchised Afghan women and girls in Afghanistan and the U.S. In particular, WAW works to help Afghan women and girls exercise their rights to pursue their individual potential to self-determination, and to representation in all areas of life—political, social, cultural, and economic. WAW relentlessly advocates for women's rights and challenges the norms that underpin gender-based violence wherever opportunities arise to influence attitudes and bring about change.VISIONA world in which Afghan women and girls enjoy peace, justice, equality, and freedom to participate in all spheres of life and live without fear. A world in which all women and their families thrive and prosper.

The mission of Women Helping Women is to end domestic violence through advocacy, education and prevention; and to offer safety, support and empowerment to women and children, victims of domestic violence.

Council for Children's Rights’ (CFCR) mission is to improve the lives and futures of children in Mecklenburg County through legal representation, individual advocacy, and by addressing community-wide issues through research and policy work. CFCR envisions a community committed to standing up, speaking out, and acting to ensure every child’s right to be safe, healthy, and well-educated.CFCR defends and champions the rights of children to be supported and treated with fairness, compassion, and respect, regardless of personal circumstances.

To enable people to take responsibility for the situation of the deprived Indian child and so motivate them to seek resolution through individual and collective action thereby enabling children to realise their full potential. And people to discover their potential for action and change. To enable peoples' collectives and movements encompassing diverse segments, to pledge their particular strengths, working in partnership to secure, protect and honour the rights of India's children.

WomenSV (Women of Silicon Valley) is a domestic violence program that offers support to women who are trapped in abusive relationships with people who use their power, status, wealth to control and coerce their partners. We also provide professional trainings and public education on the impact of domestic violence in the affluent community. Our goal is to break the cycle of violence and prevent future generations from becoming victims or abusers.

The Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights promotes the physical rehabilitation, mental well-being and social reintegration of victims and their family members by providing them with free-of-charge medical treatment, psycho-therapeutic support and socio-legal counseling. In addition, we seek to protect survivors of past human rights abuses and prevent future attacks of violence through political advocacy, human rights education, and public awareness-raising programs. The core values guiding our work are expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We believe in the inherent dignity of the human person and seek to promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms laid out in the Universal Declaration. We help survivors of human rights abuses regardless of their age, gender, ethnicity or spiritual leanings. In 2005, we started our activities in the multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk, where we opened the first rehabilitation clinic for victims of torture in Iraq. Today we have a total of nine clinics throughout Kurdistan-Iraq where more than 19,000 traumatized men, women and children have received our services. Each year, The Jiyan Foundation assists more than 6,000 victims of human rights violations. On average 50% of those who seek our help are female adults, while 30% are children and adolescents.

Doorways creates pathways out of homelessness, domestic violence, and sexual assault leading to safe, stable, and empowered lives

After identifying gaps in the support services available to migrant families and the resulting inequities that befall them, refugee community leaders and town residents founded the Refugee Community Partnership. We are a community-driven organization working to build unique, holistic, and comprehensive support infrastructure for relocated families. All of RCP’s initiatives are born out of grassroots community assessments; from the start, we listen. Through community feedback sessions we regularly evaluate our efficacy, reflect on lessons learned, and make course changes as needed.

Women Giving Back supports women and children in crisis on a first step to stability by providing quality clothing and diaper assistance at no cost, assisted by a caring and committed community.