Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Capacity building
Peace and Development in Africa:
Peace in Africa
Conflict Resolution in Africa:
Conflicts Resolution
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Geographic scope: |
Regional
Not Specified
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Country of activity: |
Guinea
Gambia
Benin
Burkina Faso
Liberia
Cape Verde
Guinea Bissau
Mali
Togo
Côte D'Ivoire
Ghana
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Niger
Senegal
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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: |
2006 |
Organizational structure: |
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) is the leading regional civil society organization in conflict prevention and peacebuilding conceived in 1996, and officially launched in 1998 in response to the civil wars, instabilities and humanitarian crises that plagued West Africa in the 1990s. WANEP has succeeded in establishing strong national networks in every Member State of ECOWAS, with over 500 member organizations working in peacebuilding across West Africa. WANEP has credibility and a wide recognition both internationally and locally due to its outstanding work in the areas of peacebuilding and conflict prevention in the ECOWAS region. It is a key player in major global peacebuilding efforts. |
Number and type of members: |
Men/Women/Youth |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
GPPAC |
Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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Funding structure other: |
DONOR BASE |