Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Policy advice
Research
Violence against women
Women and armed conflict
Social Development:
Conflict
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Gender equality
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| Geographic scope: |
Regional
Africa
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| Country of activity: |
Congo
Malawi
Lesotho
Madagascar
Nigeria
Togo
Benin
Rwanda
Niger
Sierra Leone
Seychelles
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabon
Cameroon
Chad
Liberia
Angola
Guinea Bissau
Central African Republic
Zambia
Namibia
Uganda
Guinea
Kenya
Senegal
South Sudan
Côte D'Ivoire
Eritrea
Zimbabwe
Burundi
Mauritania
Ghana
Ethiopia
South Africa
Sudan
Mali
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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: |
2011 |
| Organizational structure: |
At the akex of the AWANICh structure is a 3 - member Board of traustees selected fro various regions of Africa and are responsible for intervening resolving issues among members of the gorvernance Board in the event of conflict.
The five member Governance Board also drawn fro all the five sub regions of Africa are responsible for overseeing, providing overall policy direction and monitoring quality performance of the secretatiat.
The secretariate is headed by the Regional Coordinator whose role is to ensure for overall effective and efficient coordination of AWANICh’s programs and activities and staff as well as the Regional networks in accordance with the structure and responsibilities set out in the official organogram. The Regional Coordinator reports to the Board of Directors.
The staff fall under each of the following four departments;-
• Capacity Building and Networks coordination.
• Resource Mobilization Strategy/Communications and Public Relations
• Information Technology, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Management
• Administration
The department of Capacity Building and Networks coordination oversees the coordination of the networks |
| Number and type of members: |
AWANICh has established Active nonviolence networks with over 120 civil Society organizations in 36 countries in four regions of Africa.
Members subscribe to AWANICh membership by virtue of participating in our capacity building trainings in gender and Nonviolence.
The members in a particular county constitute National networks whiles the networks in a particular sub region make up the regional network.
AWANICh therefore has four regional networks namely, West, Eastern central and Southern Africa networks. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
AWANICh is affilliated to the following regional and international organizations;,- West Africa network for Peace Building (WANEP), Global Network of women peace Builders (GNWP) and Global Partnership for the Prevention of armed Conflict (GPPAC) |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Fundraising campaigns
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Other sources
Foreign and international grants
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