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Africa Women Independent Forum

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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
  • Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Policy advice
  • Research
  • Violence against women
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the economy
  • Women in power and decision-making

  • Sustainable Development:
  • Capacity-building
  • Consumption and production patterns
  • Education
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Geographic scope: International
    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
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2010
    Organizational structure: EXECUTIVE BOARD- 12 MEMBERS CONSISTING OF A PRESIDENT AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES; EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE; THE SECRETARIAT;
    Number and type of members: MEMBERSHIP OPEN TO ALL AFRICAN WOMEN ORGANISATIONS; INDIVIDUALS; NETWORKS, ASSOCIATIONS AND WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT AND OTHER DECISION-MAKING POSITIONS.
    Affiliation with NGO networks: FEMNET; SANGOCO; HAIRON COMMISSION
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Fundraising campaigns
  • Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Grants from Governments
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
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