Associated Resources
Organisation aims and activities: ACF works mainly with low income
families. Through advocacy, ACF
works to keep children and their
parents united.
Operational level: Community-based
Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18
Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation
Organisation mandate: Lobby governments and the United Nations, Provide training or education on child rights, Undertake legal casework on behalf of children, Work in partnership with organisations, Work with media and press
Areas of expertise: Children and participation, Children and the media, Children in conflict with the law, Children with disabilities, Children without parental care
Countries in which this organisation works: United States
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- ABC Words in Action Corporation
- Adventist Development And Relief Agency
- Advocacy Project
- AECF Annie E Casey Foundation
- African Aid Organization, Inc.
- African American Juvenile Justice Project
- Another Look
- Antarctica University
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Association for Childhood Education International
- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- Better Care Network
- Campaign for US Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ)
- CARE USA
- Casa Alianza - Covenant House Latin America
- Catholics For a Free Choice
- Center for Defence Information
- Center for Human Rights and Justice
- Center for Law and Global Justice USF School of Law
- Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
- Center for the Human Rights of Children
- Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association
- Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii, Manoa
- Centre for Media Education
- Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)
- Chab Dai Coalition - U.S. Office
- Chadwick Center for Children and Families
- Child Centered Millennium Project
- Child Fund International
- Child Rights Caucus for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
- Child Rights International Research Institute
- Child to Child International
- Child Violence Identification and Prevention
- Child Welfare League of America
- Childhope International
- Children and Violence Caucus for the 2001 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children
- Children in Armed Conflict Caucus for the 2001 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
- Children Internationally Abducted of America
- Children Vaccine Programme
- Children's Forum 21
- Children's Pressline
- Children's Vaccine Program
- Children's Welfare International
- Children, Youth and Environments Center
- Christian Children's Fund - Liason Office
- Christian Children's Fund - USA
- Civitas Child Law Center, School of Law, Loyola University Chicago
- Coalition Against Trafficking In Women - USA
- Coalition of Cuban-American Women
- Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism
- Community Information and Epidemiological Technology (CIET)
- Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
- Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
- Council for Professional Recognition
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Develop Africa Inc.
- Disability Rights International
- Doctors Opposing Circumcision
- Dreams Can Be Foundation
- EarthAction International
- ECPAT - USA
- End Physical Punishment of Children - USA
- Environment and Health Caucus for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children 2001
- Equal Justice Initiative
- Espoir Inc
- Espoir pour les Enfants
- Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
- Flying Kites
- Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
- Friends of Education for African Children Orphaned by AIDS
- Girls Educational and Mentoring Services
- Global Action Network
- Global Fund for Children
- Global Youth Connect
- GoodWeave USA
- GVN Foundation
- Haitian Street Kids, Inc.
- Hariri Foundation
- Harrington Park Press
- Highland School
- Human Rights Advocates Natural Heritage Institute
- Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities
- Human Rights Educational Initiative
- Human Rights in China
- Human Rights Watch
- Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division
- Injustice Studies
- Institute for Families in Society
- Institute of Child Development
- Institute of Human Rights, Emory University
- Institute on Family and Neighbourhood Life
- Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
- Inter-American Commission of Women
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Inter-American Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
- International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM)
- International Campaign for Tibet
- International Center for Transitional Justice
- International Child Art Foundation
- International Coalition for Genital Integrity
- International Families
- International Foundation for Children's Education
- International League for Human Rights
- International NGO Council on Violence Against Children
- International NGO Task Group on Legal and Institutional Matters
- International Organization for Adolescents
- International Rescue Committee - USA
- International Social Services - USA
- International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Jubilee Campaign - USA
- Juvenile Law Center
- Kabissa
- King County Kids' Court/Office of the King County Prosecuting Attorney
- La Leche League International
- Life for Relief and Development
- Madre, Inc.
- Medical Mission Sisters
- Middle East Children's Alliance
- Modern Discussion
- National Center for Refuge & Immigrant Children, a Program of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
- National Coalition for Haitian Rights
- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
- National Committee for the Rights of the Child USA
- National Council of Churches of Christ USA
- National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence
- National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
- National Education Association
- National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC)
- National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States
- Natural Heritage Institute
- New School University
- NGO Committee on UNICEF
- NGO Working Group on Girls
- Nukanti Foundation for Children
- Office of the Public Defender Northern Judicial Circuit, Georgia
- Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
- One Child International Inc. (www.1child.net)
- Pangaea
- Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education
- Peaceways- Young General Assembly Secretariat
- Pegasus Legal Services For Children
- Perhaps...Kids Meeting Kids
- Prison Fellowship International
- Program on Forced Migration and Health, Columbia University
- Progressive Initiative for Cameroon
- Project Grads for Teen Mothers
- Rainbows of Hope
- Randolph Macon College
- Rehabilitation International
- Results
- Save the Children USA
- Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
- Sports for Hunger/Hunger Resource Centre
- Student Campaign for Child Survival
- Task Force on Children's Nutritional Rights
- Temple of Understanding
- The Advocates for Human Rights (formerly Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights)
- The Applied Research Center
- The New York Times
- The Office of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on Violence against Children
- Tibet Justice Center
- TIME
- Try-Again Homes, Inc.
- UN - United Nations
- UN Enable, Division for Social Policy and Development, Focal Point on Disability
- UN Foundation
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - New York
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- UN Security Council
- UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children
- UNICEF
- UNICEF - Division of Evaluation Policy & Planning
- UNICEF - Nicaragua
- UNICEF - PNG
- UNICEF Library
- Unitarian Universalist Association
- United Nations - Division for the Advancement of Women
- United Nations Population Fund
- United States Fund for UNICEF
- University of Colorado - Children, Youth and Environments
- University of Iowa - Center for Human Rights
- US Campaign to Ban Landmines
- US Coalition for Child Survival
- Voice of America News (VOA)
- Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
- Wellspring Advisors LLC
- Winrock International
- Witness
- Women's Refugee Commission
- Working Group on Girls Caucus
- World Bank Group
- World Bank Group - Global Child Labour Programme
- World Coalition for Indigenous Children and Youth
- World Organisation for Early Childhood Education - USA
- World Vision International - USA
- World Vision Relief and Devolopment
- Youth Advocate Program International
- Youth Empowerment Alliance, Inc.
- Youthink!
- YouthNet
- Zonta International
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- 4 Nations Child Policy Network
- Afghanistan Independent Human Right Commission
- Africa - Wide Movement for Children
- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- Agência de Notícias dos Direitos da Infância
- AKSHAYA Rehabilitation Trust
- Anita Home
- Artists United 4 Childrewn and Youth Development (AUCAYD)
- Associação Brasileira de Magistrados, Promotores de Justiça e Defensores Públicos da Infância e Juventude
- Association Défis - Jeunes pour le Développement
- Association for the Promotion and Progress of Children in Khenchela
- Australian Children's Rights Council
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Autre Vie
- Azerbaijan NGO Alliance For Children’s Rights
- Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency
- Canadian Children's Rights Council - Conseil canadien des droits des enfants
- Center for Human Rights
- Centre For Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
- Centre for Rural Education Research and Development Association
- Centre for Women and Children's Rights
- Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia
- CFG International
- Child Helpline Cameroon
- Child Protection Alliance
- Child Rights Brigade International
- Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre
- Child Rights International Network
- Child Rights Trust
- Children Concern Organisation
- Children First - Pakistan
- Children of the Andes
- Children Today Centre
- Children's Issues Centre
- Children's Rights Alliance for England
- Christian Children's Fund - Geneva Office
- Commissioner for Children, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
- Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe
- Community Children Organisation (COCO)
- Cruz Roja Española
- Curious Minds
- Defence for Children International
- Development Without Borders Institution DWBI (Iraq)
- Division of Childhood and Adolescence, Department of Health, Canada
- Enfants du Monde - Droits de l'Homme
- European Network of Masters in Children’s Rights
- European Network of Ombudspersons for Children
- Forum for Rehabilitation and Integrated Development Approach by the Youth
- Fundacion Paniamor
- Fundacion Rafael Pombo
- Generosity International Lifecare Development Coalition
- Genuine Empowerment of Mothers in Society
- Ghana NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child
- 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
- HFC Hope For Children UNCRC Policy Center
- Human Rights - First the Child
- Humanitarian Action Foundation
- Integrated Regional Information Networks - IRIN
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International NGO "Ponimanie"
- Juvenile Legal Aid and Research Center
- Kinderombudsman
- Korean Foster Care Association
- Liberal Assocation for Movement of People
- Love Language NGO
- Maison des Droits de l'Enfant
- Malaysian Children TV Programme Foundation
- Manav Kalyan Sansthan
- Meerut CHILDLINE
- Mental Health Foundation
- Muuga FM
- Nadace Naše dítě - Our Child Foundation
- National Authority for Children
- National Centre for Human Rights
- National Centre For Playwork Education - North East
- National Children's Bureau
- National Information Centre on Human Rights
- New Hope Foundation
- NGO/UNICEF Regional Network for Children in Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States
- Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Nous les Enfants
- Office of the Children's Advocate - Jamaica
- Office of the Commissioner for Chidren
- Ombudsman for Children - Norway
- Ombudsman for Children in Sweden
- Organisation de Developpement et des Droits de l'Homme au Cameroun
- 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 International - India
- Plan International Egypt
- Plan International Kenya
- Plan Tanzania
- Public Organization "SHOTO"
- Qendra FEMIJET SOT
- Red Iberoamericana de Defensa de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia
- Relief Society of Tigray
- SARTHI
- Save the Children - Norway
- Save the Children - Papa New Guinea
- Save the Children Sweden - Office for the Middle East and North Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - South Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - Thailand
- Save the Children Sweden Denmark - Bangladesh
- Save the Children UK - Office for South and Central Asia Region
- Save the Children UK - Sierra Leone Office
- Save the Children UK - Uzbekistan Office
- Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Scottish Child Law Centre
- Seyaj for Childhood Protection
- Sierra Leone-Canadian Children's Aid Society
- Society for Education and Development/Nepal
- Society for the Protection for the Rights of the Child
- Somali Children Rights Organization
- South East European Child Rights Action Network
- Southern Africa Child Development Initiative (SA-child)
- Spanish Committee for UNICEF
- St Mary's Orphan Home
- Tanzania Movement for and with Children
- Tanzeem-E-Nau-Jawana
- The Ombudsperson for Children Republic of Croatia
- Think Youth Independent Association
- UNICEF - Belgrade
- UNICEF - Bhutan
- UNICEF - Cuba country office
- UNICEF - Ethiopia
- UNICEF - Georgia
- UNICEF - India
- UNICEF - Malaysia
- UNICEF - Papua New Guinea
- UNICEF - PNG
- UNICEF Brussels - EU Liaison Office
- UNICEF Pacific
- UNICEF Podgorica
- UNICEF Togo
- World Vision - Dominican Republic
- Youth Partnership for Peace and Development
Last updated 06/05/2009 12:24:49
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