Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Aging
Agriculture
Children
Climate Change
Development
Disabled Persons
Economics and Finance
Education
Financing for Development:
Addressing systemic issues
International Trade as an engine 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
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:
Aging
Conflict
Disabled persons
Indigenous issues
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Social policy
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Desertification and Drought
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Energy
Finance
Freshwater
Gender equality
Health
Information for decision-making and participation
Major Groups
Oceans and seas
Partnerships
Poverty
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Sustainable development of SIDS
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| Geographic scope: |
Regional
North America
Latin America and Caribbean
Africa
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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: |
1945 |
| Organizational structure: |
There is a board of directors (50 members representing state level organizations of UMW) that makes fiduciary and personnel decisions and a staff structure that carries out program. The board and staff meet twice annually to review program and make financial and policy decisions. |
| Number and type of members: |
The Women’s Division membership is composed of 800,000 plus and are located in the United States This is mainly a U.S. based organization with diverse race and ethnic affiliation. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Women’s Division is the national policy making organization for the Conference/District/ |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
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| Funding structure other: |
The membership fees are not mandatory. A system of committing financial pledges exists in the organizations at the local church level. |
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