CHILD ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS

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Advocates for Youth
2000 M Street NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 419-3420
www.advocatesforyouth.org

Against Child Abuse Hong Kong
107-108 G/F, Wai Yuen House
Chuk Yuen North Estate
Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon
Phone: 2351 6060
Hotline: 2755 1122
www.aca.org.hk
Hong Kong’s only NGO focusing solely on child protection and advocacy.

Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
300 Queen Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Phone: 03 9214 7888
www.aifs.org.au
AIFS is a Commonwealth statutory authority promoting research and dissemination of information on factors affecting family well-being in Australia.

Best Interests, The E-Magazine for Children's Advocates
www.childadvocacy.com

Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA)
www.bacausa.com
See website for information on joining or starting a chapter of BACA.

Child Abuse Action Group
2 Rooibos Rd
Randpark Ridge X1
Randburg, 2194
Phone: 11 793 5033
www.caag.org.za
South African NGO working to actively inform and convince the public and the judiciary to implement the laws regarding child abuse and neglect.

Child Welfare League of America
440 First Street, NW, Suite 310
Washington, DC 20001-2085
Phone: (202) 638-2952
www.cwla.org

Dunkelziffer e.V.
Oberstrasse 14 b
20144 Hamburg
Phone: 40 484884
www.dunkelziffer.de
Dunkelziffer e.V. is an organization entirely funded by private donations, working against child sexual abuse and child pornography. They offer an education program for police and other professionals in these areas, as well as counseling/therapies for abused children, and legal advice at no charge.

The European Children's Network (EURONET)
Rue Montoyer 39
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Phone: 2 512 4500
www.europeanchildrensnetwork.org
A coalition of networks and organisations campaigning for the interests and rights of children in European Union countries.

Hear My Voice
1100 North Main Street, Suite #201
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: (734) 747-9668
Toll-free: 1-800-95-VOICE
www.hearmyvoice.org

Human Rights Watch
1630 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 612-4321
www.hrw.org

Justice for Children
2600 Southwest Freeway, Suite 806
Houston, TX 77098
Phone: (713) 225-4357
www.jfcadvocacy.org
Justice for Children is a national non-profit organization which advocates for children's rights and protection from abuse through public education, development of effective intervention and prevention strategies, and legal advocacy.

KIDSPEACE
The National Center for Kids Overcoming Crisis
5300 KidsPeace Drive
Orefield, PA 18069
Phone: 1-800-25-PEACE
Toll-free Hotline: 1-800-334-4KID
www.kidspeace.org

National Association to Protect Children
46 Haywood Street, Suite 315
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: (828) 350-9350
www.protect.org
America's first political lobby for child protection.

National Association of School Psychologists
4340 East West Highway, Suite 402
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 657-0270
www.nasponline.org

National Center for Children in Poverty
215 W. 125th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (646) 284-9600
www.nccp.org
The NCCP's mission is to identify and promote strategies that prevent child poverty in the U.S., and that improve the lives of low-income children and their families, through research, education, and development of policies that succeed.

National Child Protective Workers Association
27 Ford Street
Baldwinsville, NY 13027-2328
Phone: (315) 635-4791
www.childprotective.org

National Children's Alliance
1612 "K" Street, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 452-6001
Toll-free: 1-800-239-9950
www.nca-online.org
A non-profit organization whose mission is to provide training, technical assistance and networking opportunities to communities seeking to plan, establish and improve Children's Advocacy Centers.

National Indian Child Welfare Association
3611 S.W. Hood Street, Suite 201
Portland, OR 97201
Phone: (503) 222-4044
www.nicwa.org
Advocacy for Tribal and reservation children & youth.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
http://www.unicef.org/crc/

Voices for America's Children
1522 K St, NW #600
Washington DC 20005
Phone: (202) 289-0777
www.childadvocacy.org

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