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Society for the Widows and Orphans

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Economic and Social:
  • Aging
  • Agriculture
  • Business and Industry
  • Children
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Coorporate Accountability
  • Crime Prevention
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disabled Persons
  • Education
  • Extreme poverty
  • Family
  • Food
  • Governance
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Human Rights
  • Humanitarian Affairs
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Information
  • Least Developed Countries
  • Micro-Credit
  • Minority Rights
  • Peace and Security
  • Population
  • Safety
  • Social Development
  • Values
  • Violence
  • Volunteerism
  • Water
  • Women
  • Women/gender Equality

  • Financing for Development:
  • Addressing systemic issues
  • Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development

  • 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:
  • Morbidity and mortality
  • Population growth
  • Population structure
  • Reproduction, family formation and the status of women

  • Public Administration:
  • Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
  • Governance and Public Administration
  • Knowledge Systems and E-government
  • Public Service and Management Innovation
  • Socio-Economic Governance and Management

  • Social Development:
  • Aging
  • Conflict
  • Cooperative
  • Disabled persons
  • Employment
  • Indigenous issues
  • Information and Communications Technologies
  • Poverty
  • Social policy
  • Technical cooperation
  • Youth

  • Statistics:
  • Development indicators
  • Household Statistics
  • Poverty statistics
  • Services Statistics

  • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Consumption and production patterns
  • Disaster management and vulnerability
  • Education
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Indicators
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • Integrated decision-making
  • Partnerships
  • Poverty
  • Rural Development
  • Sanitation
  • Sustainable development for Africa
  • Sustainable development in a globalizing world
  • Waste Management

  • Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa
  • Peace in Africa

  • Conflict Resolution in Africa:
  • Conflicts Resolution

  • NEPAD:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
  • Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
  • Economic and Corporate Governance
  • Human Development
  • Regional Integration and Infrastructure
  • Geographic scope: Regional
  • Africa
  • Country of activity:
  • Ghana
  • Nigeria
  • Benin
  • Kenya
  • 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
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2005
    Organizational structure: We have Board of Trustee members, An Executive Director, Programme managers, Accountant, Programme officers for different projects, receptionist. We also have cooperative women societies registered and working with us at the rural communities.
    Number and type of members: We have individual members and group membership as cooperatives. Total membership as at 2014 is two hundred and sixty women.(260).
    Affiliation with NGO networks: African Women International, Zero Corruption Coalition, Transition Monitoring Group, Development Watch Initiative, Civil Society Network on HIV&AIDS, Association of NGOs on Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Association of NGOs on Reproductive Health, etc
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Fundraising campaigns
  • Fees for education and training services
  • Fees for providing consulting or research services
  • Product sales and business services
  • Grants from Governments
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
  • Funding structure other: Funds from Philanthropists
     
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