Organisation aims and activities: This is a membership organisation and bases its work on the UNCRC. It strives for children's rights and for a dignified life for poor and vulnerable children both in Norway and abroad. The work is concentrated in 6 areas: armed conflicts, poverty, education, sexual abuse, the UNCRC and structural causes for rights violations.
Operational level: International
Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18
Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation
Organisation mandate: Lobby governments and the United Nations, Research child rights, Work directly with children, Work in partnership with organisations
Areas of expertise: Armed conflict, Child participation, Children living with HIV/AIDS, Children working and living on the street, Economic rights, Education and cultural rights, Refugee and unaccompanied children, Sexual exploitation and abuse
Countries in which this organisation works: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kosovo, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Norway, Russian Federation, Serbia , Sri Lanka, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Other organisations based in Norway:
- Childwatch International Research Network
- Den Norske Menneskerettighets Organisasjon
- Forum for barnekonvesjonen
- Gruppen til Familiens Selvstendige Rett, Redd Vare Barn, BarnasRett.no
- International Society for Health and Human Rights
- Nordiske Komiteen for Menneskerettigheter, avd. Norge
- Norwegian Burma Council
- Norwegian Centre for Child Research
- Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Norwegian NGO Coalition on CRC 1999
- Norwegian People's Aid
- Ombudsman for Children - Norway
- Plan International - Norway
- PRESS - Save the Children Youth Norway
- Redd Våre Barn
- Save the Children - Norway
- The Norwegian Forum for the Rights of the Child
- Western Europe and Norht America Regional Caucus for the Special Session on Children
Organisations working in similar fields:
- GOAL Ireland
- African Child Association
- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect - Liberia Chapter
- African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect - Regional Office
- AKSHAYA Rehabilitation Trust
- Allied Youth Initiative - Uganda
- Amnesty International Children's Human Rights Network
- Anita Home
- Associação Brasileira de Magistrados, Promotores de Justiça e Defensores Públicos da Infância e Juventude
- Association Communautaire Pour la Promotion et la Protection des Droits de l'Homme
- Association for the Promotion and Progress of Children in Khenchela
- Association pour l'Encadrement des Orphelins et l'Education à la Paix
- Autre Vie
- Bangladesh Coalition for Child Rights
- Bangladesh Mohila Unnayan Sanghstha
- Canadian International Development Agency
- CARE USA
- Carrefour Tiers Monde Togo
- Center for Human Rights
- Center for the Human Rights of Children
- Centre For Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
- Centre for Women and Children's Rights
- Centre pour la Promotion des Droits de l'Enfant et de la Femme
- Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia
- CFG International
- Cherish the Kids Liberia
- Child Fund International
- Child Helpline Cameroon
- Child Mirror Liberia Incorporated
- Child Rights Brigade International
- Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre
- Child Rights International Network
- Child Welfare and Peace Society
- Child-to-Child Trust
- Children and Women Empowerment Society
- Children at Risk Network Group - Nepal Office
- Children Center International Liberia
- Children Concern Organisation
- Children First - Pakistan
- Children of the Andes
- Children Today Centre
- Children's association of Armenia
- Children's International Summer Villages Côte d'Ivoire
- Children's Rights Project, Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape
- Children's Welfare International
- Christian Children's Fund - Geneva Office
- CO-OPERAID
- Community Children Organisation (COCO)
- Consortium for Street Children
- Defence for Children International
- Defence for Children International - Nigeria Section
- Defensores PROCDN
- Dogodogo Centre Street Children Trust
- Droits de L'Homme sans Frontieres
- Enfants du Monde - Droits de l'Homme
- Espoir pour les Enfants
- European Network of Masters in Children’s Rights
- Fondation Chretienne des Enfants Campagnards d'Haiti
- Fortress Nigeria
- Friends in Peace and Community Development
- Generosity International Lifecare Development Coalition
- Global March South Asian Secretariat/CWIN Nepal
- Good Neighbours Care
- Grupo Iniciativa Nacional por los Derechos del Niño, GIN-PERU
- HAQ: Centre for Child Rights
- Homeland Community Development Agency
- Human Rights - First the Child
- Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division
- Integrated Regional Information Networks - IRIN
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International Federation Terre des Hommes - International Secretariat
- International Rescue Committee
- Jonathan's Child Care Center Sierra Leone
- Joy for Children - Uganda
- Jubilee Action - UK
- Kindernothilfe
- Kindernothilfe (Africa Representation Office)
- Kinderombudsman
- Maison des Droits de l'Enfant
- Manav Kalyan Sansthan
- Meerut CHILDLINE
- National Centre For Playwork Education - North East
- National Information Centre on Human Rights
- New Life Foundation of Bangladesh
- NGO/UNICEF Regional Network for Children in Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States
- Nigeria Youth Foundation
- Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
- ONG Espoir pour les enfants
- Organisation de Developpement et des Droits de l'Homme au Cameroun
- Organisation for the Protection of Children's Rights
- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children
- Parlement des Enfants de Cote d'Ivoire
- Parlement des enfants de Côte d'Ivoire section daloa
- People's Action in Development
- Philippine Resource Network on Child Protection
- Plan Tanzania
- Plan West Africa Regional Office
- Provincial Commission for Child Welfare and Development, Balochistan.
- Red Iberoamericana de Defensa de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia
- Regional Working Group on Child Labour
- Relief Society of Tigray
- Save Congo's Child
- Save the Children - Italy
- Save the Children - UK
- Save the Children Norway - Nepal
- Save the Children Sweden
- Save the Children Sweden - Office for the Middle East and North Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - South Africa
- Save the Children Sweden Denmark - Bangladesh
- Save the Children Switzerland
- Save the Children UK
- Save the Children UK - DRC Office
- Save the Children UK - Sierra Leone Office
- Seyaj for Childhood Protection
- Shape Lives Foundation
- SIMA Community Based Organisation
- Society for Education and Development/Nepal
- Society for the Protection for the Rights of the Child
- Somali Child Protection and Development
- Somali Children Rights Organization
- SOS Enfants en Detresse
- Southern Africa Child Development Initiative (SA-child)
- Spanish Committee for UNICEF
- St Mary's Orphan Home
- Tanzania Child Rights Forum
- Tearfund
- The Ombudsperson for Children Republic of Croatia
- UNICEF
- UNICEF - Belgique
- UNICEF - Bhutan
- UNICEF - Cuba country office
- UNICEF - Georgia
- UNICEF - India
- UNICEF - Malaysia
- UNICEF - Papua New Guinea
- UNICEF - PNG
- UNICEF Brussels - EU Liaison Office
- UNICEF New Zealand
- UNICEF Pacific
- UNICEF Podgorica
- UNICEF the Netherlands
- UNICEF Togo
- Viva
- World Federation Of Methodists & Uniting Church Women
- World Vision - Canada
- World Vision - Colombia
- World Vision - Japan
- World Vision International - International Liaison Office
- World Vision International - USA
- Youth Partnership for Peace and Development
Last updated 19/12/2002 06:36:54
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