American Psychological Association

Organization's name: American Psychological Association
Organization's acronym: APA
Headquarters address  
Address: 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002


United States of America
Phone: 1-202-336-6024
Fax: 1-202-312-6499
Email: international@apa.org
Web site: www.apa.org
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Aging
  • Children
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Crime Prevention
  • Criminal Justice
  • Culture
  • Decolonization
  • Development
  • Disabled Persons
  • Disarmament
  • Drug Control
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Extreme poverty
  • Family
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Habitat
  • Human Rights
  • Humanitarian Affairs
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Information
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labour
  • Migration
  • Minority Rights
  • Peace and Security
  • Population
  • Refugees
  • Religion
  • Science and Technology
  • Social Development
  • Statistics
  • Sustainable Development
  • Torture
  • Values
  • Violence
  • Women
  • Women/gender Equality
  • Youth

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

Social Development:
  • Aging
  • Conflict
  • Disabled persons
  • Employment
  • Indigenous issues
  • Poverty
  • Social policy
  • Technical cooperation
  • Youth

Sustainable Development:
  • Capacity-building
  • Education
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Human settlements
  • Poverty
  • Science
Geographic scope: International
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
  • Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 1898
Year of registration (YYYY): 2000
Organizational structure: Council of Representatives; Board of Directors; Central Office; Boards and COmmittees
Number and type of members: 155,000 incuding 90,000 psychologists and 65000 psychoogy student, associates and affiliates
Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues

Additional Information

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