Organizations


BC
Options for Sexual Health
Option's vision is:
A society that celebrates healthy sexuality, its diversity of expression, and a positive sexual self-image for individuals throughout life and their mission is to promote optimal sexual health for all British Columbians by supporting reproductive choice, reducing unplanned pregnancy, and providing quality education, information, and clinical services.
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The Representative for Children and Youth
The Representative for Children and Youth supports children, youth and families who need help in dealing with the child welfare system, and advocates for changes to the system itself.
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Youth in BC
The YouthInBC.com web-based hotline is supported by members of our community. Please click here if you'd like to make an online donation to help us operate and expand this valuable service. The Crisis Centre is a professional and caring organization staffed by counsellors and trained volunteers who are committed to helping youths in crisis.
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International
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders
Incorporated in 1984, the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers is a non-profit, interdisciplinary organization. ATSA was founded to foster research, facilitate information exchange, further professional education and provide for the advancement of professional standards and practices in the field of sex offender evaluation and treatment.
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Captive Daughters
Captive Daughters is dedicated to ending the sex trafficking of children, with a particular focus on girls and women. Learn more about trafficking and what we're doing to help strengthen the anti-trafficking movement and ultimately end this assault on the basic human rights of children.
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Center for Online Addiction
Information about online addictions
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Child Safety Network
Since 1989 CSN has been making America a safer place for children to live. Our mission is to reduce the likelihood of children becoming victims of abuse, abduction, exploitation and injury. We accomplish our mission by developing and implementing educational safety programs on a global basis.
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Childnet International
Childnet International’s mission is to work in partnership with others around the world to help make the Internet a great and safe place for children. In all its work Childnet seeks to take a balanced approach. On this website you can read about the way we have sought to promote the positive and highlight the creative and inspiring ways children and young people are using the medium for good. You can also read about the ways we have responded to the negative aspects and dangers for children.
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Computer Crime Research Center
The mission of the CCRC is to research and warn of unlawful acts involving computer and information technologies, including computer crimes, internet fraud and cyber terrorism. We conduct research with the goal of fighting child pornography and pedophilia in the Internet.
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COPINE
The COPINE project has been housed in the Department of Applied Psychology, University College Cork since 1997, during which time it has been actively researching the area of child sexual abuse on the Internet. From the beginning the project has taken a very broad approach to the problem, researching areas such as effective treatment for offenders, prevention, assessment of risk and trying to learn more about how and why abuse images are collected. A particular area of concern has been the development of conceptual structures to help understand these problems within the broader context of Internet crime.
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CROGA
Croga.org provides free, anonymous self-help resources for people who are worried about downloading and using illegal images (also called "child pornography"). Croga.org is based on research sponsored by the Daphne
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Eliminate Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT)
ECPAT is an organization that focuses on eliminating the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
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International Center to Combat Exploitation of Children
This website applies experiences individuals have had with sexual exploitation as children and it teaches others on related issues. ICCES is a link between survivors and all those who can help put an end to CSEC.
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Internet Watch Foundation (UK)
UK Hotline and webportal.
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
U.S. based organization working on issues of child abduction, Amber Alerts, and child pornography reports. Very reputable and a great resource.
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Safer Internet Action Plan
20 projects have been selected for funding under the Safer Internet Action Plan following calls for proposals in 1999 and 2000. The projects cover a variety of activities across the Action Plan including: - 6 addressing the creation of a European network of hotlines; - 5 working on development of rating and filtering systems for Internet content; - 9 dealing with raising awareness of safer use of the Internet.
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Society for Policing Cyberspace
The Society for the Policing of Cyberspace (POLCYB), was incorporated as a not-for-profit society in June 1999. Based in British Columbia, Canada, our goal is to enhance international partnerships among public and private professionals to prevent and combat crimes in cyberspace.
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The Virtual Global Task Force
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) was created in 2003 as a direct response to lessons learned from investigations into on-line child abuse around the world. It is an international alliance of law enforcement agencies working together to make the Internet a safer place.
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The Zero
Official Website of Andrew Vachss. A trove of information and resources
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National
Beyond Borders (ECPAT Canada)
Beyond Borders advances the rights of children to be free from abuse and exploitation without regard to race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Also, Beyond Borders does not have any religious or political affiliation. Our group is made up solely of volunteers who absorb all their own expenses with the exception of the expenses of our lawyers when they are taking legal action, which they often do pro bono.
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Bullying Canada
Our website has been created by youth from across the Country! We are all fully non - paid volunteers and donate many hours a week to the website.
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Cybertip.ca - REPORT ABUSE HERE
Cybertip.ca is Canada's National Tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children. It is a centralized web portal for receiving and addressing reports from the public regarding child pornography, luring, child sex tourism, and children who are exploited through prostitution.
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Media Awareness Network
Resources and support for everyone interested in media and information literacy for young people.
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National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre
The National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre (NCECC), an integral part of Canada’s National Police Services, was created to help protect children from online sexual exploitation.
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