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GCAP Asia

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Extreme poverty Governance Human Rights Sustainable Development
Geographic scope:	Regional Asia
Country of activity:	Philippines Pakistan Thailand Cambodia Japan Viet Nam Nepal Sri Lanka Bangladesh Indonesia China Afghanistan India
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:	"Challenging the institutions and processes that perpetuate poverty and inequality across the world to defend and promote human rights, gender justice, social justice and security needed for survival and peace." We, the GCAP movement, will not rest until we defeat the underlying and structural causes that impoverish and exclude large sections of the population, including women, indigenous peoples, minorities, children, youth, persons with different abilities, people of different sexual orientations, workers, dalits and displaced persons, amongst others.
Year established:	2004
Organizational structure:	GCAP has National Coalitions in over 100 countries and 6 global regions. Each national coalition and constituency group mobilises locally and/or regionally throughout the year, on the most relevant issues within the overall strategic directions of GCAP.
Number and type of members:	national campaigns in more than 100 countries
Funding structure:	Foreign and international grants Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations

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