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CEDAW Committee of Trinidad and Tobago

ccottCEDAW Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (CCoTT) is a volunteer non-governmental organisation focused on advocacy and public awareness and education on and for the Convention for the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The organisation strives to cultivate a vibrant community that will support, strengthen and guide the development of frameworks as a critical cog in the advocacy wheel while promoting the essential tenets of the Convention, and engaging with communities in a manner that adds significant value into effective, sustainable development.

 

Contact Details: 
Address: 32A Scott Bushe Street, Woodbrook, Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: +868 225 7734
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Website: cedawtt.org

Libera

LiberaLibera Foundation against Trafficking in Persons and Slavery in All Its Forms is a non-profit that works to prevent and combat human trafficking and slavery in all its forms,  by promoting freedom, dignity and the notion of commutative justice in Chile and Latin America. To this end, it promotes the implementation of the OECD's due diligence policies,United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.It implements activities in the areas of dissemination of knowledge, training, research, assistance and legal representation of victims, networking and actions to promote the autonomy and participation of vulnerable people and communities.

 

Contact Details:
Address: General Adolfo Holley 133, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Tel: +56 973990192
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Website: libera.ong

PION – Prostituertes interesseorganisasjon I Norge

PION logo iiProstitutes' Interest Organisation in Norway (PION) is a human rights organisation, contact place and political mouthpiece for women, men and transgender people who sell sexual services in Norway. Its main objective is to ensure the health and enhance the rights of sex workers. It  advocates for the decriminalisation of sex work and for alternatives to the criminal justice system. It works for reducing the harmful consequences resulting from criminalisation, stigma and marginalisation. PION's activities are based on peer work and peer involvement. It offers low threshold health services, information, legal advice and help to all sex workers regardless of their residential status in Norway concerning sex work and other related areas such as contract law, debt, tax, housing, social security, and family law. It cooperates with other sex worker organisations and networks in the Nordic region and beyond.

Learn more about PION in our Featured Members of the Fortnight interview in English

Contact Details:
Address: Torggata 10, 0181 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 900 63 558
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Website: pion-norge.no

Pourakhi Nepal

PourakhilogoPOURAKHI Nepal works with Nepalese women migrant workers and their families to sensitise them of their rights to take informed choices in the entire cycle of migration: pre-departure, migration, employment at the country of destination, and after return to the country of origin.

POURAKHI Nepal facilitates and provides information, advice and counselling, policy advocacy, capacity building of women migrant workers and other stakeholders regarding migration and the rights of women migrant workers, entrepreneurial and psychosocial trainings to support their social and economic empowerment, and reintegration support to the potential, current and returnee women migrants. It has played an active role in making the domestic and foreign labour migration a safe, orderly, regular, and decent one through coordination and collaboration with government, non-government, and private sector stakeholders.

Contact Details: 
Address: House No-39, Chadke Marg, Ganesh Basti, Chundevi, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: + 977 984 913 5206
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Website: pourakhi.org.np

Light House

logo of lighthousebdLight House is a non-profit organisation working for the development of rural and urban poor, marginalised and high risk population, particularly the landless, homeless, sex workers, drug users, men who have sex with men, Hijra, transgender, distressed, school dropouts, child labourers, Adibashi and other disadvantaged adults and children in Bangladesh.

It was founded in 1988 following a devastating flood. Since then, the organisation has grown and has established relationships with civil society, district and upazilla level administration and local government. At present, Light House workis in 29 districts of 7 divisions of Bangladesh. The organisation promotes decentralised and sustainable facilities through increasing the capacity of marginalised communities and facilitating their access to basic health services, public health (HIV/AIDS prevention) awareness, community legal service and justice (Human rights & Good Governance), food security for poverty reduction, and disaster risk and reduction.

Contact Details:
Address: Jahurul Nagor, Bogra 5800, Bangladesh
Tel: +88 02 8836323
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Website: lighthousebd.org