| Geographic scope: |
National
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| Country of activity: |
Liberia
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Promote gender equality and empower women
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2004 |
| Organizational structure: |
COPPWIL is run by a core group of grassroot whomen and personnel staff, who derive their strength from a long period of interactions with women and other political active groups, mostly in urban and rural Liberia. It has a Board of Advisors that also comprises elected women of the national Legislature of Liberia, and other prominent women with relevant records of community involvement.The day-to-day activities is run and headed by the National President, together with five staff members, namely; project manager, Director of training, field inspector, secretary, and public information officer. it also has volunteers within the fifteen political sub-divisions of the country. |
| Number and type of members: |
Since its founding eight years ago, COPPWIL has grown in strength with the assistance from relevant Institutions. Starting with women drawn from political parties to a record thirty-eight thousand women, some of whom do not necessarily have political alignment, but who feel inspired by the new democratic wind of change that now blows in the world of women in Liberia. A unique feature of COPPWIL, is that it represents an innovative approach, mainly among women from different persuasions,to the quest for elevation from the mainly tradition inclination of keeping in the background, to a level where they would walk side-by-side with their male counterparts. |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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