CWC is a not-for-profit, secular, democratic development agency, working for 40+ as a pioneer in children’s rights and civil society participation in Asia. It’s is focused on ensuring a sustainable and ecologically balanced world where all children are respected as citizens and able protagonists, who realise, experience and practice all their rights though their participation in equitable partnership with adults to establish and maintain together a secular, equitable, just, non-discriminatory world.

CWC has been thrice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012, 2013 and 2014 for its on children’s participation globally. CWC works in partnership with children and their communities; local governments; and national and international agencies to implement viable and comprehensive solutions to address the various problems that children and their communities face. We are committed to empowering children and ensuring their democratic participation in all matters that affect them. Our field programmes in Karnataka cover rural and urban areas in Bangalore Urban, Udupi, Ballari and Vijayanagar districts. Through our advocacy and research programmes, we have contributed extensively to policy debates around child labour and children’s rights at the state, national and international level.

National organisation headquartered in Bangalore.