Partners

The Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) NGO Branch is the focal point within the UN Secretariat for non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and for NGOs seeking status. The Economic and Social Council is at the heart of the United Nations System to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental. It is the central platform for fostering debate and innovative thinking, forging consensus on ways forward, and coordinating efforts to achieve internationally agreed goals. It is also responsible for the follow-up to major UN Conferences and Summits.

The integrated Civil Society Organizations (ICSO) System, developed by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), facilitates interactions between civil society organizations and DESA. The system provides online registration of general profiles for civil society organizations, including address, contacts, activities and meeting participation, facilitates GLOWA’s Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and assists accredited NGOs in submitting quadrennial reports and in designating representatives to the United Nations.

Global Giving is a nonprofit that supports other nonprofits by connecting them to donors, companies and other nonprofits in 175+ countries. They help community-led organizations access the tools, training, and support they need to make our world a better place. Global Giving’s Mission is to transform aid and philanthropy to accelerate community-led change. GLOWA currently partners with Global Giving to help children born of war acquire formal education. Our micro-project seeks to raise funds for tuition, books, health insurance & footwear to permit 25 children born from conflict-related sexual violence to start the 2024/2025 school year. This program seeks to help them confidently participate in an academic setting without feeling inferior and/or stigmatized. Additional goals include protecting scholars from forced child marriages, trafficking and exploitation, eliminating radicalization, and breaking the eminent cycle of violence due to illiteracy and stigmatization.

The End Violence Partnership is a platform for collective, evidence-based advocacy and action. Working with a unique coalition of more than 750 organizations including GLOWA, UN agencies, research institutions, international NGOs, foundations, local CSOs, private sector groups and faith networks, we connect and convene partners to raise awareness, catalyze leadership commitments, mobilize new resources, promote evidence-based solutions, and support those working to end all forms of violence, abuse and neglect of children. Since its inception in 2016, the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children has worked from the local to global levels to achieve its vision; a world in which every child grows up in a safe, secure and nurturing environment. We work with and through partners large and small from governments to international organizations, civil society, and children themselves to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against children.

The Children Born Out of War Project (CBOW Project) is founded on the belief that awareness and empathy are the best antidote for prejudice and that through insight and information can help these children to be seen and protected for what they are – innocent children. Its mission is to improve the situation for Children Born of War all over the world. To achieve this mission, they work to promote and safeguard the needs and rights of children born of war (CBOW) as a means of alleviating the personal, social, economic and legal-political challenges they face. GLOWA strives for a state of positive identity and a stigma-free environment alongside them with our partnership. Learn more here.

Freedom Collaborative is a platform for and by the global anti-trafficking community to connect partners, provide information and share knowledge. The organization has grown into a dynamic space with thousands of users across more than 100 countries and dozens of partnerships. By providing their frontline partners with accessible data collection and analysis tools, Freedom Collaborative brings together data sets on exploitation activity, contextual factors, and the existing response landscape. Democratized access and participation of diverse stakeholders. In doing so, they have provided the infrastructure for organizations of all sizes to participate in the global discussion and increase their strategic visibility in the community.

The Commonwealth 8.7 Network is a group of 105 civil society organizations and individuals from across the globe who share a common vision to eradicate contemporary forms of slavery and human trafficking. The network is named after the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 8.7, which seeks to end modern slavery, including forced labor, human trafficking, and child labor, by 2030. Its mission is to raise awareness, strengthen skills, share good practices, provide support to survivors of modern slavery, and advocate for change to laws and policies in support of all victims and survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking. They currently have members from across all regions of the globe, including GLOWA.

Tadamon is a community and platform for CSOs (Civil Society Organizations) in 57 OIC member countries. Information about GLOWA’s Partnership can be found here. Tadamon provides visibility, funding, capacity building and knowledge. Their current working model involves innovation, mobilizing resources, promoting, assisting and connecting. Their values are aimed at the Empowerment for Poverty Reduction Program, which focuses on supporting Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and local communities active in development and poverty reduction.