The United Nations Declaration of human rights, published in 1947, stated that “…recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.” To this end, there are organisations striving to challenge prejudices that deny certain members of society equal rights. These rights could be material, such as denying them certain privileges or the right to work, or could relate more generally to denying them the right to participate fully in society.

Equal rights can be broken down into a wide variety of areas, but the main categories are human rights; civil rights; women’s rights; men’s rights; children’s rights; lesbian gay and bisexual (LGB) rights and disability rights. The full list of rights organisations can be found below. If you would like to search for a specific type of rights organisation, please use the search engine on the right hand side of this page.

You can search the BeTheChange! directory by organisation name, keywords that describe the work an organisation does, the issue an organisation works on, or where they are based