Organisation aims and activities: Children Unite is the only international organisation to focus exclusively on child domestic work. We work at local, national and international levels to protect child domestic workers from abuse and exploitation and to promote their rights.
Further details:
We do this by:
• Co-ordinating international projects to build the capacity of organisations who work directly with child domestic workers.
• Educating the public about child domestic labour and campaigning on specific issues that child domestic workers face.
• Providing advice on policy, advocacy and practice concerning child domestic labour to organisations working or wanting to work with child domestic workers.
We work in partnership with local organisations who work directly with child domestic workers. We also work with governments and non-government organisations (NGOs) from around the world, trades unions, children's groups and community organisations.
Operational level: International
Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18
Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation
Organisation mandate: Work in partnership with organisations
Areas of expertise: Child participation, Children working and living on the street, Economic rights, Gender and girls, Implementation, Sexual exploitation and abuse, Violence
Other organisations based in United Kingdom:
- Wales Observatory on the Human Rights of Children and Young People
- 4 Nations Child Policy Network
- Action Aid
- Action for Children in Conflict
- Action for Prisoners' Families
- Africa Diaspora Youth Forum
- African Child Association
- Africans Unite Against Child Abuse
- Alliance for Childhood
- Alliance For Inclusive Education
- Amnesty International - International Secretariat
- Amnesty International Children's Human Rights Network
- Amnesty International UK, MPG - Military Profession's Group
- Amos Trust
- Angus Social Work Department
- Anti-Slavery International
- Arab Resource Collective - UK
- Article 12
- Article 12 in Scotland
- Article 31 Action Network
- Ashgate Publishing Limited
- AVERT
- Aycliffe Young People's Centre
- Bahrain Center for Human Rights
- Barnardo's
- Barnardos W.C.D.P - Children's Advocacy Service
- BBC
- Birkbeck, University of London
- Birmingham Young People's Consultation Project (SCF)
- Breakthrough Youth Project
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Broadcasting Standards Commission
- Bullying Online
- Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
- Butterworths Limited
- CAAT - Campaign Against Arms Trade
- Cambridge University Press
- Campaign for Female Education
- Canongate Youth Project
- Capita Conferences
- Care and Health
- Care International
- Casa Alianza UK
- Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR)
- Centre for Child-Focused Anthropological Research
- Centre for Childcare and Protection Studies
- Centre for Development Studies - University of Wales, Swansea
- Centre for Development Studies, University of Swansea
- Centre for excellence for looked after children in Scotland
- Centre for Gender Studies, University of Cambridge
- Centre for Human Development And Learning
- Centre for International Child Health
- Centre For Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE)
- Centre for the Social Study of Childhood, University of Bradford
- Child Accident Prevention Trust
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Child Protection Team - Southwark Primary Care Trust
- Child Rights International Network
- Child Soldiers International
- Child Welfare League of Nigeria - UK Chapter
- Child-to-Child Trust
- Childhealth Advocacy International
- Childhood Research and Policy Centre
- Childhope UK
- Childline
- Childnet
- Children & Young People's Services
- Children 1st
- Children and Young People's Rights and Participation Project
- Children are Unbeatable Alliance UK
- Children England
- Children in Adversity Consultation website
- Children in Crisis
- Children in Scotland
- Children in Wales
- Children of the Andes
- Children on the Edge
- Children's Group (AI-Wye Forest)
- Children's Planning Initiative
- Children's Rights Alliance for England
- Children's Rights Commissioner for Oxfordshire
- Children's Rights Development Unit
- Children's Rights Officers and Advocates
- Children's Rights Service, Aberdeenshire Council
- Children's Society
- Children’s Commissioner for Wales - UK
- Christian Aid
- Circle
- Cl@n Childlaw
- Committee on the Administration of Justice/The Northern Ireland Civil Liberties Council
- Commonwealth Secretariat Human Rights Unit - Commonwealth Caucus for 2001 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
- Community Development and Advocacy Centre
- Concern Worldwide - Scotland
- Conflict, Development and Peace Network (CODEP)
- Consortium for Street Children
- Coram Children’s Legal Centre
- Cot Life Society UK
- Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education
- Council for Disabled Children
- Count the Costs
- CreateXchange
- Creative Exchange
- Cumbernauld YMCA - YWCA
- CWMG Foundation
- Department for Education and Skills - United Kingdom
- Department for International Development (DFID)
- Department of Equity Studies and Special Education
- Department of Psychology, Queen Margaret University College
- Development Studies Institute
- Diploma for Higher Education (Playwork)
- Drumchapel Children's Rights Project
- Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors
- Earthscan Publications Ltd
- Eastleigh College
- ECPAT UK
- Elimu
- ENABLE Scotland
- Enabling Education Network
- Equality Human Rights Commission
- Estrela
- European Network for School-Age Childcare - UK
- EveryChild
- Fair Play For Children
- Fairbridge
- Families Outside
- Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas
- Foreign &Commonwealth Office London
- Forest Peoples Programme and United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda
- Forum on Marriage and the Rights of Women and Girls
- Foster Care Associates Ltd.
- Fostering Care in Scotland
- Funky Dragon
- Genital Automony
- Genuine Empowerment of Mothers in Society
- Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society
- Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
- GOAL - UK
- Goldsmiths College, University of London
- Greater Springburn Children's and Young Person's Befriending Scheme
- Grow up Free from Poverty
- Gulbenkian Foundation
- Hackney Community Law Centre
- Handicap International
- Healthlink Worldwide
- Help Honduras
- Herts Young Homeless Group
- HMP-YOI PARC
- Hope and Homes for Children
- Hope for Children UK
- Howard League for Penal Reform
- id21
- Imperial College, London
- Index on Censorship
- individual author
- Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester
- Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
- Institute of Development Studies
- Interights
- Intermediate Technology Development Group - ITDG
- International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
- International Childcare Trust
- International Children's Trust
- International Deaf Children's Society
- International Disability and Development Consortium
- International Federation of Business and Professional Women - UK
- International Foster Care Organisation
- International HIV/AIDS Alliance
- International Human Rights Association of American Minorities
- International Institute For Environment & Development
- International NGO Training and Research Centre
- International Planned Parenthood Federation
- International Save the Children Alliance
- International Service - UK
- Investing in Children
- Jack Drum Arts
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Jubilee Action - UK
- Justice Africa
- Justice for Children
- Kenyan Children's Project
- Kidasha
- Kids Clubs Network
- Labour and Society International
- Latin American Bureau
- Leap Confronting Conflict
- Leigh, Day & Co. Solicitors
- Lift Off
- Link Romania
- Liverpool CC
- Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool
- Liz McAteer Independent Social Work Training and Consultancy
- London Play
- London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- Make Poverty History
- MediaWise Trust
- Medical Justice Network
- Medical Technology Business (MTB) Europe
- Mental Health Foundation
- Minority Rights Group International
- National Black Youth Forum - UK
- National Centre For Playwork Education - North East
- National Children's Bureau
- National Deaf Children's Society
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children - NSPCC
- NCH
- NCH Action for Children
- Newport Children and Young Peoples Partnership
- Nippa - The Early Years Organisation
- NORM-UK
- Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Nucleus
- Off Centre Hackney's Young Peoples Counselling Service
- Off the Record
- Office of Children's Rights Commissioner for London
- Office of the Children's Commissioner for England-UK
- One World Centre for Northern Ireland
- OneWorld International
- Overseas Development Institute
- Oxfam
- Oxford Development Education Centre
- Oxford University Press
- Participation Works
- Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group
- Pavilion
- Penal Reform International
- Plan International - HQ
- Play Scotland
- Play Train
- Programme on the International Rights of the Child
- Queen's University Belfast
- Railway Children
- Refugee Studies Centre
- Resource Centre for Participatory Learning and Action
- Retrak
- Right to Education Project
- Rights and Entitlements 0-25, Welsh Assembly Government
- Rights International
- Roshni
- Salvation Army
- Save the Children - UK
- Save the Children - Wales programme
- Save the Children UK
- Save the Children UK - Leeds Office
- Save the Children UK - London Development Team
- School of Education
- Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Scottish Child Law Centre
- Scottish Women's Aid
- Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Caucus for the Special Session on Children
- Social Work Department (City of Edinburgh)
- Soroptimist International - UK
- Source International Information Support Centre
- STARS Foundation
- Stationary Office Limited
- Stepping Stones Nigeria
- Stirling Council - Children's Services
- Stirling Education Services
- Stonethrow.co.uk
- Survivors’ voice – Europe
- Tearfund
- The Daily Telegraph
- The Guardian
- The Guardian - UK
- The Independent
- The Scottish Out of School Care Network
- Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)
- Travellers' Times
- UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development - Working Group on Orphans and Vulnerable Children
- UK Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
- UNICEF UK
- University of East Anglia
- University of Essex - Children and Armed Conflict Unit
- University of Greenwich
- University of Liverpool
- University of Manchester
- Unlimited Productions
- Venchie Children's and Young People's Project
- Viva
- Waging Peace
- War Child
- War Child UK
- Wingrove Children And Young People's Forum
- Wired
- Witchcraft and Human Rights Information Network (WHRIN)
- Womankind Worldwide
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
- World Federation Of Methodists & Uniting Church Women
- World Organisation for Early Childhood Education
- World University Service - UK
- World Vision - UK
- Y Care International
- YCTV - Youth Culture TV Foundation
- Young Lives
- Young Voice
- Youth Voice Worldwide
- Zed Books
Organisations working in similar fields:
- GOAL Ireland
- 4 Nations Child Policy Network
- African Aid Organization, Inc.
- African Child Association
- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- AKSHAYA Rehabilitation Trust
- Allied Youth Initiative - Uganda
- Amnesty International Children's Human Rights Network
- Anita Home
- Anti-Slavery International
- Associação Brasileira de Magistrados, Promotores de Justiça e Defensores Públicos da Infância e Juventude
- Association Défis - Jeunes pour le Développement
- Association for Promoting Social Action
- Association for the Promotion and Progress of Children in Khenchela
- Autre Vie
- Azerbaijan NGO Alliance For Children’s Rights
- Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR)
- Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency
- Canadian Children's Rights Council - Conseil canadien des droits des enfants
- Canadian International Development Agency
- CARE USA
- Center for Human Rights
- Center for Research and Social Development
- Center for the Human Rights of Children
- Centre For Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
- Centre for Rural Education Research and Development Association
- Centre for Women and Children's Rights
- Centre for Women's Studies - University of Nijmegen
- Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia
- CFG International
- Chab Dai Coalition - U.S. Office
- Child Helpline International
- Child Protection Alliance
- Child Rights Brigade International
- Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre
- Child Rights International Network
- Child Rights Legal Centre
- Child Rights Trust
- Childline South Africa
- Children and Women Empowerment Society
- Children and Young People's Protection and Development NGO
- Children Center International Liberia
- Children Concern Organisation
- Children First - Pakistan
- Children on the Edge
- Children Today Centre
- Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania / Defence for Children International - Albania
- Children's International Summer Villages Côte d'Ivoire
- ChildRight
- Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)
- Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe
- Community Children Organisation (COCO)
- Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
- Cruz Roja Española
- Cultural Movement for Human Development
- Curious Minds
- Defence for Children International
- Defence for Children International - Costa Rica
- Defence for Children International - Nigeria Section
- Enfants du Monde - Droits de l'Homme
- Espoir pour les Enfants
- Ethio Child Focused Association (ECFA)
- First Children's Embassy in the world - Megjashi Republic of Macedonia
- Flying Kites
- Fondation Chretienne des Enfants Campagnards d'Haiti
- Foro Chileno por los Derechos de la Infancia
- Fortress Nigeria
- Forum for Rehabilitation and Integrated Development Approach by the Youth
- Free World foundation
- Generosity International Lifecare Development Coalition
- Global March South Asian Secretariat/CWIN Nepal
- Global Support for Kids Initiative
- Good Neighbours Care
- Grupo Iniciativa Nacional por los Derechos del Niño, GIN-PERU
- Hamara Club
- HAQ: Centre for Child Rights
- Hellenic Association Of Poltical Scientists
- HFC Hope For Children UNCRC Policy Center
- Human Rights - First the Child
- Information and Research Centre at King Hussein Foundation
- Institute of Neglected Oppressed Children's Environmental Networking and Training
- Integrated Regional Information Networks - IRIN
- Integrated Social Development Effort (ISDE) Bangladesh
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International NGO "Ponimanie"
- Iraqi National University for NGOs
- Jonathan's Child Care Center Sierra Leone
- Joy for Children - Uganda
- Kinderombudsman
- Laura Vicuña Foundation Inc.
- Liberal Assocation for Movement of People
- MAHILA ACTION
- Maison des Droits de l'Enfant
- Malaysian Children TV Programme Foundation
- Manusher Jonno Foundation
- Media Concern Initiative
- Meerut CHILDLINE
- National Association of Non Governmental Organisations
- National Authority for Children
- National Centre For Playwork Education - North East
- National Child Protection Authority
- National Information Centre on Human Rights
- 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
- Nous les Enfants
- Nukanti Foundation for Children
- Ombudsman for Children in Sweden
- ONG Espoir pour les enfants
- Organisation de Developpement et des Droits de l'Homme au Cameroun
- Pakistan Rural Worker's Social Welfare Organisation
- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children
- Parlement des enfants de Côte d'Ivoire section daloa
- Philippine Resource Network on Child Protection
- Plan El Salvador
- Plan International Egypt
- Plan International Kenya
- Plan Tanzania
- Progressive Initiative for Cameroon
- Qendra FEMIJET SOT
- Red Iberoamericana de Defensa de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia
- Reliable Future YO
- Relief Society of Tigray
- ROOT WORK FOUNDATION
- Rural Organisation for Social Emancipation
- Sao Sary Foundation
- SARTHI
- Save the Children - Norway
- Save the Children - Papa New Guinea
- Save the Children New Zealand
- Save the Children Sweden
- Save the Children Sweden - Office for the Middle East and North Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - Regional Office for 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 - Office for South and Central Asia Region
- Save the Children UK - Sierra Leone Office
- Society for Education and Development/Nepal
- Somali Children Rights Organization
- Somaliland Youth Development Association
- Southern Africa Child Development Initiative (SA-child)
- Spanish Committee for UNICEF
- St Mary's Orphan Home
- SUKA Society (Suara Kanak-Kanak) Malaysia
- Tanzania Child Rights Forum
- Tanzeem-E-Nau-Jawana
- Tearfund
- Terre des Hommes - Germany
- The African Child Policy Forum
- The Mickey and Friends Theater group
- The Ombudsperson for Children Republic of Croatia
- Think Youth Independent Association
- UNICEF
- UNICEF - Belgique
- UNICEF - Bhutan
- UNICEF - Georgia
- UNICEF - India
- UNICEF - Malaysia
- UNICEF - Papua New Guinea
- UNICEF - PNG
- UNICEF New Zealand
- UNICEF Podgorica
- UNICEF Togo
- Vision Mundial Oficina Regional para America Latina y el Caribe
- Viva
- World Vision - Dominican Republic
- World Vision - Japan
- World Vision - UK
- World Vision International - International Liaison Office
- Youth Partnership for Peace and Development
- Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children
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