Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Policy advice
Research
The girl child
Violence against women
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
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| Geographic scope: |
Regional
Latin America and Caribbean
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| Country of activity: |
Mexico
El Salvador
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1990 |
| Organizational structure: |
Organizational structure: Patricia Galeana, Founding President and President of the Board Executive Committee: 1. Mirella Feingold, Executive President 2. Glenda Hecksher, International Vicepresident 3. Gabriela del Valle, National Vicepresident 4. Lucía Guzmán, Secretary General 5. Rosa María Álvarez, Legal adviser 6. María Teresa Ortega, Comptroller 7. Guadalupe López, Treasurer 8. Lourdes Enríquez, Cultural Diffusion 9. María Teresa Ambrosio, National Secretary 10. Ydalia Pérez, International Secretary Board of Honor consisting of eight members with a relevant academic and political background 1. Griselda Álvarez: The first female governor in the Republic of Mexico, state of Colima. 2. Clementina Díaz y de Ovando 3. Graciela Arroyo 4. Margarita Almada 5. Nadima Simón 6. Olga Sánchez-Cordero 7. Elisa García-Barragán |
| Number and type of members: |
120 members comprising individuals and affiliated associations in 21 states of the Mexican Republic: 1. Campeche 2. Chiapas 3. Colima 4. Chihuahua 5. Guerrero 6. Hidalgo 7. Jalisco 8. Michoacán 9. MexicoCity 10. Morelos 11. Nayarit 12.Nuevo León 13. Puebla 14. Querétaro 15.San Luis Potosí 16. Sinaloa 17.Tabasco 18. Tlaxcala 19. Veracruz 20. Yucatán 21. Zacatecas 12 Specialized networks 1. Accountantsandadministrators 2. Architects 3. Artists 4. Communicators 5. Economists 6. Historians 7. Internationalists 8. Lawyers 9. Literates 10. Odontologists 11.Political scientists 12. Scientific A network of 200 female students (FEMU JUNIOR). El Salvador and Bolivia |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Affiliated to Graduate Women International |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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