PREVENTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, EARLY MARRIAGE & GENDER VIOLENCE
Many abuses to human rights take place in impoverished areas within ethnic minority or marginalized communities lacking knowledge of their legal rights. GoPhil identifies, invests and scales the work of bold change-makers and organizations seeking to foster systemic changes in the area of global human rights including the prevention of human trafficking, bonded labor, gender violence, female circumcision (FGM) and early marriage.
GoPhil partners working in human rights include:
AVANI Women & Child Rights - India
AVANI is a prime example of how grassroots, community-centric work can solve some of India’s toughest problems, including child labor, child trafficking and female infanticide.
Blue Dragon Children's Foundation - Vietnam
Blue Dragon’s mission is to provide exceptional care using a wide range of responsive and preventative services to Vietnamese children and families in crisis while creating long-term change for a better world.
Canica De Oaxaca - Mexico
CANICA is a non-profit organization working to eliminate homelessness and child labor in Oaxaca for over 30 years.
Child Rescue Nepal - Nepal
CRN works to rescue trafficked children, provide them with extensive counseling and rehabilitation services, and when possible, reunify and reintegrate them with their families.
EntreMundos - Guatemala
EntreMundos was established in in 2001 to shift the power imbalance and elevate smaller, local organizations, associations and grassroots groups in Guatemala.
Equal Community Foundation - India
ECF was established in 2009 to address the national epidemic of violence against women and their mission is to raise every boy in India to be gender equitable.
Free to Shine - Cambodia
Free To Shine’s team of Education Officers and Social Workers travel up to 90 minutes each way by motorbike, navigating tiny dirt roads through the jungle, to reach the most at-risk, rural communities.
Maji Moto Enkiteng Lepa School - Kenya
Maji Moto prevents girls as young as six from a childhood that includes early marriage and FGM by preparing students to be the community’s next generation of leaders and change-makers!
Shakti Shalini - India
Shakti Shalini began with two key services: counseling and a shelter home for women in distress in Delhi, the first non-governmental shelter India had ever seen.
SPID-SMS - India
The SMS center was established in 1991 as the first of its kind to provide the support desperately needed for children growing up on the infamous GB Road, the second largest 'red light district' in the world.
Una Mano Para Oaxaca - Mexico
Una Mano Para Oaxaca (UMPO) is a completely grassroots and community-led organization to help the Zapotec people celebrate their culture and achieve self-sufficiency.
Vikalp Sansthan - India
Vikalp Sansthan was created in 2004 by a group of young social workers determined to fight for children’s futures by ending child marriages, gender-based violence and gender discrimination.