NETWORK ALLIANCES
CKN believes that “alone the changes are hard to come so we work with the network and alliances.” CKN believes in partnering with those who are engaged in the process of women’s and children’s empowerment at local, national and international level. CKN strives to forge the partnership with all stakeholders to inspiring dialogues from the bottom up, promoting consultations and consensus and engaging diverse stakeholder’s commitment and ownership in its programme and interventions. CKN also is a part of the state level networks.
CKN is promoting networks such as:
- JATN (Jharkhand Anti- Trafficking Unit)– JATN is a state level network of 14 grassroots level NGOs working in 13 trafficking prone districts in Jharkhand. JATN believes that Safe Migration and secure mobility is a means for combating trafficking. Hence JATN works with the right based approach to deal with the issue of migration and trafficking besides broader issues affecting women.
- ASHMITA – ASHMITA is a state level network of 13 grassroots level NGOs placed in diverse socio-cultural settings in 11 districts of Jharkhand. ASHMITA aims is to create a safe and a violence-free environment for women and adolescent girls. ASHMITA involves men and young adolescent boys along with women to address gender-based violence and bring about healthy changes in the field of gender equality.
- IBTIDA– IBTIDA is a leadership development program that began in 2002 to support a network of organizations from the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. The program aims to build the capacity of women-led organizations at the grassroot level and to support women representatives of these organizations beyond the top leaders.
- JUST RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE– JRFCA (बाल अधिकार) is a national alliance comprising of representatives of leading NGO’s, child rights activists/advocates, like-minded civil society oragnisations, professionals working towards strengthening child protection mechanisms and promoting children’s rights in india. The alliance works at grassroots level to strengthen communities and thier collaboration with child protection functionaries and other stakeholders in the implementation of children related policies, laws and programs for children with the objective to protect and promote rights of children across the country.