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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Economic and Social:
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
  • Criminal Justice
  • Economics and Finance
  • Education
  • Extreme poverty
  • Governance
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Human Rights
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Justice
  • Media
  • Migration
  • Minority Rights
  • Religion
  • Sustainable Development
  • Women/gender Equality
  • Youth

  • Financing for Development:
  • Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
  • Mobilizing international resources for development

  • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Indigenous women
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Research

  • Population:
  • International migration
  • Morbidity and mortality
  • Reproduction, family formation and the status of women

  • Social Development:
  • Indigenous issues
  • Poverty
  • Youth

  • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Climate change
  • Education
  • Forests
  • Gender equality
  • Land management
  • Poverty
  • Geographic scope: International
    Country of activity:
  • Guatemala
  • Mexico
  • Argentina
  • Chile
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Colombia
  • United States of America
  • Egypt
  • Nigeria
  • Sri Lanka
  • China
  • South Africa
  • Kenya
  • Zimbabwe
  • Honduras
  • Uganda
  • Peru
  • Namibia
  • Costa Rica
  • India
  • Nicaragua
  • El Salvador
  • Brazil
  • Nepal
  • Mozambique
  • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  • Improve maternal health
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 1936
    Organizational structure: Tax-exempt United States corporation organized under the laws of the State of Michigan.
    Number and type of members: n/a
    Funding structure other: Endowment fund with income from investments
     
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