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American Psychological Association

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	American Psychological Association
Organization's acronym:	APA
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:	The mission of the APA is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives
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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