Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Information and communication technologies
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Men and boys
Millennium Development Goals
Policy advice
Research
Service provision
The girl child
Trafficking in women and girls
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Women and the media
Women and the media
Women in power and decision-making
Population:
International migration
Morbidity and mortality
Population distribution and internal migration
Population growth
Population structure
Reproduction, family formation and the status of women
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Geographic scope: |
International
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Country of activity: |
Samoa
Belgium
Papua New Guinea
Holy See
United Arab Emirates
Comoros
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Sao Tome and Principe
Saint Lucia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Lebanon
Morocco
Mongolia
Bhutan
Kenya
Kazakhstan
Marshall Islands
Ecuador
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Maldives
Somalia
Panama
Turkmenistan
Angola
Mexico
China
Peru
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Dominica
Lesotho
Spain
Syrian Arab Republic
Italy
Egypt
Country Not Available
Estonia
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Iceland
Malaysia
Djibouti
Antigua and Barbuda
Russian Federation
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Honduras
Switzerland
Dominican Republic
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Libya
Benin
Ethiopia
Timor-Leste
Argentina
Zimbabwe
Singapore
Cameroon
San Marino
Myanmar
Saudi Arabia
Central African Republic
Afghanistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
South Africa
Montenegro
Mauritius
Guatemala
Kiribati
Niger
Seychelles
Fiji
Madagascar
Netherlands
Bangladesh
Cuba
Greece
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Guinea
Congo
Japan
Luxembourg
Andorra
Bahrain
Tunisia
Chile
Barbados
Canada
Uruguay
Iraq
Togo
Denmark
Zambia
Grenada
Vanuatu
Gambia
Equatorial Guinea
Brazil
Ukraine
Australia
Ireland
Burundi
Lithuania
State of Palestine
Belize
Algeria
Thailand
Tajikistan
Armenia
Monaco
Chad
Paraguay
Qatar
Tonga
Bulgaria
Czechia
Jamaica
North Macedonia
Portugal
Brunei Darussalam
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Romania
Mali
Cape Verde
Germany
Cyprus
Nicaragua
Mozambique
Belarus
Cambodia
Oman
United Republic of Tanzania
Poland
Guinea Bissau
India
Tuvalu
Serbia
Nauru
Kuwait
Botswana
Guyana
Suriname
Côte D'Ivoire
Sudan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Costa Rica
Finland
Sri Lanka
France
Indonesia
Latvia
Rwanda
Uganda
Malawi
Pakistan
Trinidad and Tobago
Croatia
Gabon
Slovenia
Haiti
Philippines
El Salvador
Kyrgyzstan
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Jordan
Palau
Burkina Faso
Israel
Namibia
New Zealand
Ghana
Viet Nam
Malta
Republic of Moldova
Democratic Republic of the Congo
United States of America
Nepal
Nigeria
Austria
Liechtenstein
Albania
Bahamas
Colombia
Sweden
Slovakia
Mauritania
Solomon Islands
Türkiye
Hungary
Eswatini
Liberia
Norway
Eritrea
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
1986 |
Organizational structure: |
WGNRR is a global network organisation with regional focal points. Annual regional members' meeting is the assembly to decide on strategy, major policies and issues, and elects the Board. The Board is democratically represented by feminist/activist development work specialists from the different regions. The Board is responsible for endorsing annual work plans, budgets and annual reports. As a Governing Board is held accountable for the functioning of the Network. The Board has standing committees for personnel issues, financial matters, and grievance procedures. The Coordinating Office Team runs the daily affairs of the WGNRR based on its statutes. It consists of a Coordinator and staff to develop and implement the global network’s activities, including policy and strategy formulation and financial management. |
Number and type of members: |
WGNRR has 860 member-organisations, 657 subscribers, and 183 network supporters, in 157 countries. Most of these are community and national-level, grassroots women's and girls' organisations, working in urban and rural poor communities, indigenous villages and in conflict situations. |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
WGNRR is linked and working in many collaborative ways with networks: Associatio of Women in Development, AMANITARE, Youth Coalition, 1325 Circle, ASTRA, and Women Living Under Muslim Laws |
Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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Funding structure other: |
N.A. |