Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable institutions.
289 organisations on Daan.org work in areas corresponding to this goal — Human Rights, Prisoners & Reform, Anti-Trafficking. This is our mapping of causes to goals, not an assessment against the UN's indicators.
Prerana
Protecting children from commercial sexual exploitation
15,000 children protected from intergenerational trafficking
The Humsafar Trust
India's oldest LGBTQ community organisation
India's oldest community-based organisation for queer health and well-being, working since 1994
India Vision Foundation
Dr Kiran Bedi's mission of prison reform and second chances
27.27 lakh prisoners supported across 172 prisons in 32 years
Founded by Kiran Bedi
Prajwala
Rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of trafficking survivors
30 years combating sex trafficking \u2014 thousands of women and girls rescued from sex slavery since 1996
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee
Sex workers' collective fighting trafficking and for rights
A collective of sex workers fighting for rights, dignity and equal treatment, based in Kolkata
Rescue Foundation
Rescue, rehabilitation and repatriation of trafficking survivors
7,000+ lives saved
Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group
Environmental research and action alongside waste workers
6,000 tons of waste diverted from landfill monthly
The Action Northeast Trust (the ant)
Community development across western Assam
900 village hamlets reached through work on education, child protection, women's empowerment, peace building a
Shishu Sarothi
Rehabilitation and rights for children with disabilities in the Northeast
6,360 children reached through Early Intervention services since 2022, across Northeast India
Prison Ministry India
Welfare, rehabilitation and reintegration for prisoners
Over 900 women reformed and reintegrated through the Snehashramam rehabilitation center in Thiruvananthapuram
Sahodari Foundation
Trans-led work on education, livelihoods and rights
12,564 transgender beneficiaries supported
Ford Foundation (India)
Grantmaker for social justice, in India since 1952
PRS Legislative Research
Making India's legislatures better informed
Association for Democratic Reforms
Transparency and accountability in Indian elections
1,282 Election Watch reports released since 2002
Sulabh International
Sanitation, dignity and the end of manual scavenging
Over 20 million people use Sulabh facilities every single day
Protsahan India Foundation
Healing and educating girls who survived abuse
Over 96,000 girls directly impacted between 2010 and 2025
Aajeevika Bureau
Dignity and rights for migrant workers
LEAD Cell has recovered over ₹54.68 crore (USD 6.8 million) in unpaid wages for exploited workers
Aangan Trust
Making child safety everyone's business
20 lakh+ children impacted overall across 16 states in 22 years
ADITHI
Empowering resource-poor women and girls across Bihar
Initiatives span 8,000 villages across Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, touching over 8 million individuals
Torang Trust
Child rights, women's empowerment and land rights in Jharkhand
Identified 2,000 Tribal Herbal Practitioners and Forest Rights Activists under its JAWA initiative
Impulse NGO Network
Fighting human trafficking across Northeast India
Approximately 72,795 cases collectively intervened in under the Impulse Model through partnership over 26 year
Jagori Rural Charitable Trust
Grassroots gender-justice and livelihoods work in rural Himachal Pradesh
CECOEDECON
Economic justice and livelihood security for rural Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
Child development initiative with Child Fund India supports over 500 children's education, health, livelihood
Prayas JAC Society
Rescue, rehabilitation and juvenile justice for vulnerable children