| Areas of expertise & Fields of activity: |
Economic and Social:
- Aging
- Agriculture
- Biodiversity
- Children
- Climate Change
- Coorporate Accountability
- Decolonization
- Disabled Persons
- Environment
- Food
- Governance
- HIV/AIDS
- Migration
- Minority Rights
- Safety
- Women/gender Equality
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
- Advocacy and outreach
- Capacity building
- Human rights of women
- Millennium Development Goals
- The girl child
- Violence against women
- Women and HIV/AIDS
- Women and poverty
- Women in power and decision-making
Social Development:
- Conflict
- Employment
- Poverty
- Social policy
- Youth
Statistics:
Sustainable Development:
- Agriculture
- Atmosphere
- Biodiversity
- Biotechnology
- Capacity-building
- Climate change
- Desertification and Drought
- Forests
- Gender equality
- Health
- Toxic chemicals
- Waste (hazardous)
- Waste Management
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
- Guinea Bissau
- Lesotho
- Algeria
- Rwanda
- Morocco
- Niger
- Benin
- Nigeria
- Zimbabwe
- Zambia
- Comoros
- Mauritius
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Kenya
- Mauritania
- Central African Republic
- Eswatini
- Seychelles
- Burkina Faso
- Togo
- Guinea
- Cape Verde
- Liberia
- Equatorial Guinea
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Congo
- Malawi
- Uganda
- Gambia
- Côte D'Ivoire
- Mozambique
- Gabon
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Papua New Guinea
- Botswana
- Madagascar
- Angola
- South Africa
- Namibia
- Senegal
- Eritrea
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Mali
- Tunisia
- Burundi
- Djibouti
- Sierra Leone
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established (YYYY): |
2008 |
| Year of registration (YYYY): |
2008 |
| Organizational structure: |
Regional Congress, Regional Executive Bureau, Regional Governing Council, Regional Women Committee and Regional Secretariat. Highest decision - making body is the Regional Congress which takes place after every 3 years. |
| Number and type of members: |
National Federations affiliate to ITUC Africa. At moment 50 National Federations affiliated with a combined total membership of 13,000,000 workers across the region. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Non |
| Funding structure: |
- Membership fees or dues
- Foreign and international grants
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