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Gender at Work

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Human rights of women
  • Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
  • Policy advice
  • Geographic scope: International
    Millennium Development Goals:
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2003
    Organizational structure: The Secretariat is based in Toronto, Canada, where the Operations and Program Directors are based. Project directors are based in India, Ethiopia and South Africa. The founder/director works from Washington, D.C. associates are located in a number of other countries.
    Number and type of members: Gender at Work is not a membership organization, per se. We have 20 associates around the world and a 5-person/international Board of Directors. We have worked with more than 100 organizations over the past 10 years and are building our associate and partnership base.
    Funding structure:
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Grants from Governments
  • Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Foreign and international grants
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