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Franciscans International

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Economic and Social:
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Culture
  • Debt Relief
  • Development
  • Disarmament
  • Economics and Finance
  • Environment
  • Extreme poverty
  • Family
  • Financing for Development
  • Food
  • Habitat
  • Human Rights
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • International Law
  • Least Developed Countries
  • Migration
  • Minority Rights
  • Population
  • Refugees
  • Social Development
  • Statistics
  • Technical Cooperation
  • Torture
  • Values
  • Women
  • Women/gender Equality
  • Youth

  • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Indigenous women
  • Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Policy advice
  • Research
  • The girl child
  • Trafficking in women and girls
  • Violence against women
  • Women and HIV/AIDS
  • Women and armed conflict
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the economy
  • Women and the environment
  • Women and the media

  • Social Development:
  • Indigenous issues
  • Poverty
  • Youth

  • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Atmosphere
  • Climate change
  • Consumption and production patterns
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Land management
  • Major Groups
  • Mining
  • Poverty
  • Protecting and managing the natural resources
  • Rural Development
  • Geographic scope: Regional
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Asia
  • Oceania
  • Latin America and Caribbean
  • Africa
  • Country of activity:
  • Israel
  • El Salvador
  • Benin
  • Zambia
  • Mozambique
  • Mauritius
  • Peru
  • Ethiopia
  • Jordan
  • Senegal
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  • Cameroon
  • Croatia
  • Switzerland
  • Solomon Islands
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Côte D'Ivoire
  • Papua New Guinea
  • South Africa
  • Burkina Faso
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Nauru
  • Bangladesh
  • State of Palestine
  • Italy
  • Timor-Leste
  • Philippines
  • Congo
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Jamaica
  • Thailand
  • Sri Lanka
  • Canada
  • Uganda
  • Colombia
  • United States of America
  • France
  • Honduras
  • Iraq
  • Kenya
  • Lebanon
  • Namibia
  • Brazil
  • Australia
  • Rwanda
  • Burundi
  • Madagascar
  • Pakistan
  • Togo
  • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 1995
    Number and type of members: The Franciscan Family numbers some 1.2 million Christians around the world who follow the charism of St Francis of Assisi through public vows or promises. Members include religious sisters, cloistered nuns, ordained priests, non-ordained brothers, and lay people, both married and single. They live in a variety of ways: some in communities, others in families or alone, and work in an infinite number of professions and occupations.
    Funding structure:
  • Funds from Religious Institutions
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
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