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: |
Montenegro
Belgium
Djibouti
Malawi
Guinea
Kiribati
Comoros
Denmark
Finland
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Gabon
Guatemala
Eswatini
Timor-Leste
Qatar
Saint Lucia
Equatorial Guinea
Rwanda
Nepal
Paraguay
Jamaica
Zimbabwe
Bhutan
Kyrgyzstan
United Republic of Tanzania
Malaysia
Kenya
Eritrea
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Côte D'Ivoire
Angola
Morocco
Sweden
China
Poland
Ghana
Yemen
Vanuatu
Serbia
Thailand
Switzerland
Papua New Guinea
Zambia
Germany
Mozambique
Antigua and Barbuda
Iraq
Nauru
Benin
Mongolia
Argentina
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Cameroon
France
Spain
North Macedonia
Croatia
Israel
Solomon Islands
Central African Republic
Afghanistan
Tonga
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Somalia
Peru
Sierra Leone
Honduras
Panama
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Bangladesh
Azerbaijan
Estonia
Guyana
Congo
Oman
Andorra
Libya
Bahrain
Niger
Viet Nam
Hungary
Slovakia
Chile
Togo
Barbados
Costa Rica
Slovenia
Canada
Latvia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Tunisia
Myanmar
Brazil
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Australia
Netherlands
Burundi
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Liechtenstein
Nicaragua
Belize
Monaco
New Zealand
Haiti
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Algeria
Mauritius
South Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Armenia
Country Not Available
Chad
Ethiopia
Bulgaria
Brunei Darussalam
Mexico
Luxembourg
Singapore
Uruguay
Cape Verde
Mali
Lebanon
Belarus
Cambodia
Uganda
Grenada
Guinea Bissau
India
Portugal
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Dominica
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Tuvalu
Botswana
Uzbekistan
Palau
Czechia
Liberia
State of Palestine
United States of America
Seychelles
Italy
Trinidad and Tobago
Türkiye
Iceland
Maldives
Romania
Georgia
Russian Federation
Suriname
Kuwait
Ecuador
Malta
Republic of Korea
Gambia
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Greece
Lesotho
Madagascar
San Marino
Japan
Syrian Arab Republic
Fiji
Holy See
Burkina Faso
Philippines
Jordan
El Salvador
Lithuania
Norway
Egypt
Dominican Republic
Mauritania
Austria
Albania
Kazakhstan
Marshall Islands
Bahamas
Colombia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sri Lanka
Namibia
Cuba
Indonesia
Ireland
Turkmenistan
Republic of Moldova
Nigeria
Cyprus
Sudan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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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. |