Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Children
HIV/AIDS
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Information and communication technologies
Millennium Development Goals
The girl child
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the economy
Women and the media
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| Geographic scope: |
National
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| Country of activity: |
Nigeria
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Promote gender equality and empower women
Improve maternal health
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2005 |
| Organizational structure: |
ASWHAN has a Board of Trustees (BoT) comprising eminent personalities from the legal profession, health, gender as well as private sector. The BoT holds the properties and assets of the association in trust and are responsible for registering the organization with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
The General Assembly, which is the highest decision-making body of the organization, comprises of representatives of all its 37 State chapters as well as the 6 geo-political regional zones of the country.
The General Assembly elects an Executive Committee comprising of 11 National Executives and 2 Zonal Executives from each of the 6 geo-political regional zones of the country.
Each of the 37 State Chapters of the association has a State Executive Committee which support groups of women living with HIV are affiliated to.
Women living with HIV are expected to join support groups located in their communities. |
| Number and type of members: |
Members of the association are full members who join the association through the support groups of women living with HIV.
ASWHAN has a membership of over 7,500 women in 183 support groups of women living with HIV spread all over the country. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO); International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI)Network of PLWHA in Nigeria (NEPWHAN); Women Won't Wait (WWW) Coalition; International Comm. of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW+) |
| Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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