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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Economic and Social:
  • Agriculture
  • Children
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Crime Prevention
  • Criminal Justice
  • Debt Relief
  • Development
  • Disarmament
  • Economics and Finance
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Extreme poverty
  • Governance
  • Habitat
  • Human Rights
  • Information
  • Justice
  • Least Developed Countries
  • Minority Rights
  • Peace and Security
  • Population
  • Social Development
  • Statistics
  • Sustainable Development
  • Torture
  • Trade and Development
  • Violence
  • Volunteerism
  • Water
  • Women
  • Youth

  • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
  • Policy advice
  • Research
  • The girl child
  • Violence against women
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the economy
  • Women and the environment
  • Women in power and decision-making

  • Social Development:
  • Aging
  • Poverty
  • Social policy

  • Sustainable Development:
  • Climate change
  • Geographic scope: National
    Country of activity:
  • United States of America
  • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Develop global partnership for development
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 1997
    Number and type of members: Grassroots members with local branches in most communities in the United States and State Branches in every state in the US.
    Affiliation with NGO networks: NGO CSW, Working Group on Girls, Coalition to Stop Trafficking in Persons, Women's Major Group, NGO COA
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
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