Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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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
Policy advice
Research
Service provision
The girl child
Trafficking in women and girls
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Women and the media
Women and the media
Women in power and decision-making
Population:
International migration
Morbidity and mortality
Population distribution and internal migration
Population growth
Population structure
Reproduction, family formation and the status of women
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Guinea Bissau
Belgium
Sri Lanka
Norway
Tuvalu
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Comoros
Lebanon
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Croatia
Djibouti
New Zealand
Kyrgyzstan
United States of America
Hungary
Lesotho
Liberia
South Africa
Liechtenstein
Bhutan
Holy See
Fiji
Guinea
San Marino
Eritrea
North Macedonia
Tonga
United Republic of Tanzania
Equatorial Guinea
Palau
Somalia
Saint Lucia
Angola
China
Portugal
Kuwait
Togo
Republic of Korea
Japan
Vanuatu
Estonia
Republic of Moldova
Serbia
Antigua and Barbuda
Thailand
Sao Tome and Principe
Iraq
Panama
Benin
Argentina
Mexico
Monaco
Eswatini
Romania
Rwanda
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Cameroon
Papua New Guinea
Ecuador
Central African Republic
Afghanistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Haiti
Mali
Italy
Slovakia
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Zambia
Mozambique
Cuba
Bangladesh
Azerbaijan
Madagascar
Nicaragua
Viet Nam
Congo
Andorra
Bahrain
Chile
Czechia
Barbados
Timor-Leste
Canada
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Malaysia
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Gambia
Slovenia
Pakistan
Russian Federation
Switzerland
State of Palestine
Maldives
Brazil
Tajikistan
Australia
Ghana
Germany
Burundi
Turkmenistan
Belize
Samoa
Uzbekistan
Algeria
Denmark
Trinidad and Tobago
Mauritius
Greece
Armenia
Chad
Namibia
Solomon Islands
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Kenya
Libya
Brunei Darussalam
Poland
Singapore
Mauritania
Costa Rica
Jordan
Cape Verde
Suriname
Nigeria
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Morocco
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Oman
Mongolia
Belarus
Cambodia
United Arab Emirates
Guyana
Zimbabwe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
El Salvador
Philippines
Indonesia
Latvia
Peru
Botswana
Georgia
France
Sweden
Honduras
Kiribati
Myanmar
Jamaica
Spain
Ethiopia
Uruguay
Malta
Ireland
Ukraine
Qatar
Syrian Arab Republic
India
Marshall Islands
Malawi
Lithuania
Côte D'Ivoire
Dominican Republic
Burkina Faso
Gabon
Nauru
Senegal
Nepal
Netherlands
Uganda
Guatemala
Israel
Country Not Available
Yemen
Türkiye
Kazakhstan
Cyprus
Finland
Austria
Albania
Saudi Arabia
Bahamas
Iceland
Colombia
Niger
Egypt
Dominica
Luxembourg
Paraguay
Grenada
Tunisia
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1986 |
| Organizational structure: |
WGNRR is a global network organisation with regional focal points. Annual regional members' meeting is the assembly to decide on strategy, major policies and issues, and elects the Board. The Board is democratically represented by feminist/activist development work specialists from the different regions. The Board is responsible for endorsing annual work plans, budgets and annual reports. As a Governing Board is held accountable for the functioning of the Network. The Board has standing committees for personnel issues, financial matters, and grievance procedures. The Coordinating Office Team runs the daily affairs of the WGNRR based on its statutes. It consists of a Coordinator and staff to develop and implement the global network’s activities, including policy and strategy formulation and financial management. |
| Number and type of members: |
WGNRR has 860 member-organisations, 657 subscribers, and 183 network supporters, in 157 countries. Most of these are community and national-level, grassroots women's and girls' organisations, working in urban and rural poor communities, indigenous villages and in conflict situations. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
WGNRR is linked and working in many collaborative ways with networks: Associatio of Women in Development, AMANITARE, Youth Coalition, 1325 Circle, ASTRA, and Women Living Under Muslim Laws |
| Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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| Funding structure other: |
N.A. |
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