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Women's Assistance and Business Association

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Children
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Criminal Justice
  • Development
  • Economics and Finance
  • Education
  • Extreme poverty
  • Family
  • Financing for Development
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Human Rights
  • Intellectual Property
  • Micro-Credit
  • Torture
  • Violence
  • Volunteerism
  • Women
  • Women/gender Equality
  • Youth

    • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Policy advice
  • 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 in power and decision-making

    • Social Development:
  • Employment
  • Poverty
  • Youth

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Education
  • Finance
  • Gender equality
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • Institutional arrangements
  • Poverty
  • Rural Development
    • Geographic scope: National
    Country of activity:
  • Ghana
    • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Reduce child mortality
  • Improve maternal health
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 1996
    Organizational structure: Board of Trustees President/CEO Programs Finance & FLOG &DHE Documentation Manager Accounts officer Administrative Coordinator , research & fundraising officer GT. Accra & ER COORDINATORS Administrative Assistant Project Assist, Field Public Relations Library Assist, & volunteers Assistant Assistant Other support Staff
    Number and type of members: WABA has 1,200 members made up of 95% women in decision making such as queenmothers, assembly women, Members of parliament, teachers, traders, women farmers, business women e.t.c.
    Affiliation with NGO networks: N/A
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Fees for providing consulting or research services
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
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