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West Africa Coalition for Indigenous People’s Rights (WACIPR)

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

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
  • The girl child
  • Trafficking in women and girls
  • Violence against women
  • Women and armed conflict
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the environment
  • Women and the media

  • Social Development:
  • Disabled persons
  • Indigenous issues
  • Information and Communications Technologies
  • Poverty
  • Youth

  • Sustainable Development:
  • Biodiversity
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Desertification and Drought
  • Disaster management and vulnerability
  • Education
  • Forests
  • Gender equality
  • Poverty
  • Protecting and managing the natural resources
  • Rural Development
  • Sustainable development for Africa

  • Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa
  • Peace in Africa

  • Conflict Resolution in Africa:
  • Conflicts Resolution
  • Geographic scope: National
    Country of activity:
  • Nigeria
  • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Improve maternal health
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2004
    Organizational structure: The Congress which is the highest authority comprises all members and elects an executive body to implement decisions.
    Number and type of members: 3,124,009 including executives and affiliating members.
    Affiliation with NGO networks: Children Rights Information Network (CRIN); Human Rights Watch (HRW); HURRIDOCS; DOCIP (Documentation Centre for Indigenous Peoples); ICH NGO Forum (Intangible Cultural Heritage)
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Funds from Religious Institutions
  • Other sources
  • Fees for education and training services
  • Fees for providing consulting or research services
  • Product sales and business services
  • Fundraising campaigns
  • Grants from Governments
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
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