Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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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:
Labour and Compensation
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: |
- Algeria
- Benin
- Mali
- Seychelles
- Comoros
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Guinea Bissau
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Central African Republic
- Djibouti
- Togo
- Gabon
- Namibia
- Ghana
- South Africa
- Tunisia
- Madagascar
- Burkina Faso
- Niger
- Papua New Guinea
- Cape Verde
- Mauritania
- Congo
- Kenya
- Sierra Leone
- Côte D'Ivoire
- Zimbabwe
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Uganda
- Rwanda
- Zambia
- Liberia
- Botswana
- Angola
- Lesotho
- Mozambique
- Eritrea
- Gambia
- Malawi
- Nigeria
- Mauritius
- Equatorial Guinea
- Morocco
- Guinea
- Burundi
- Senegal
- Ethiopia
- Eswatini
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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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