Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Children
De-mining
Debt Relief
Development
Disabled Persons
Education
Environment
Extreme poverty
Family
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Indigenous Peoples
International Law
Justice
Least Developed Countries
Media
Micro-Credit
Minority Rights
New Global Institutions
Peace and Security
Population
Refugees
Religion
Social Development
Statistics
Sustainable Development
Torture
United Nations Reform
Violence
Water
Women
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Human rights of women
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Service provision
Violence against women
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Social Development:
Disabled persons
Indigenous issues
Poverty
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Climate change
Gender equality
Health
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Trade and environment
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Indonesia
Serbia
Zambia
Iceland
Hungary
Liberia
Ghana
Argentina
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Cameroon
Finland
Central African Republic
Eritrea
Romania
Czechia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thailand
Latvia
Malawi
Peru
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Slovakia
United Republic of Tanzania
Honduras
Croatia
El Salvador
Jordan
Bangladesh
Netherlands
Singapore
Nigeria
Rwanda
Mozambique
Belarus
Japan
Senegal
Philippines
Austria
Chile
Costa Rica
Denmark
Namibia
Germany
Lithuania
Canada
Slovenia
India
Republic of Korea
Russian Federation
Colombia
Guatemala
France
Botswana
Suriname
Angola
Kazakhstan
United States of America
China
South Africa
Papua New Guinea
Myanmar
Kyrgyzstan
Estonia
Ethiopia
Guyana
Switzerland
Italy
Madagascar
Ecuador
Poland
Nicaragua
Mexico
Brazil
Ukraine
Australia
Sweden
Malaysia
Norway
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1952 |
| Organizational structure: |
It is governed by a Council and an Executive Committee. It holds its general assembly every six to seven years. The operations of the LWF are led and coordinated by its Communion Office, based in Geneva and led by the LWF General Secretary, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the organization |
| Number and type of members: |
The LWF is a membership organization of 154 churches in 100 countries, represented all the regions of the world |
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