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Forum of Nigerian Women in Politics

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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
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Research
  • 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 in power and decision-making

    • Social Development:
  • Conflict
  • Disabled persons
  • Information and Communications Technologies
  • Poverty
  • Social policy
  • Technical cooperation
  • Youth

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Biodiversity
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Disaster management and vulnerability
  • Education
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Industrial development
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • Integrated decision-making
  • Rural Development
    • Geographic scope: National
    Country of activity:
  • Nigeria
    • 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
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2006
    Organizational structure: - The Board of Trustees - The Management Committee - Staff - Volunteers
    Number and type of members: 5 paid Staff and 20 Volunteers
    Affiliation with NGO networks: National Coalition on Affirmative Action, Edo State NGOs Forum, Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, Nigeria Social Forum, WipeNet, National Council for Women Societies,
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Fees for education and training services
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
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