Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Education
Family
Food
HIV/AIDS
Water
Women
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
The girl child
Violence against women
Women and armed conflict
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Women and the media
Women and the media
Social Development:
Poverty
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Education
Health
Rural Development
Sanitation
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Switzerland
Netherlands
Zimbabwe
Norway
Trinidad and Tobago
Denmark
Romania
Malaysia
Philippines
Sierra Leone
Cameroon
Spain
Eswatini
Bulgaria
Namibia
Slovenia
Greece
Solomon Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Estonia
Germany
Lesotho
Gambia
Tonga
Papua New Guinea
Zambia
Latvia
Sweden
Bangladesh
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Belarus
Canada
Colombia
Botswana
Uganda
China
Guyana
India
United States of America
Czechia
New Zealand
Jamaica
South Africa
Iceland
Pakistan
Brazil
Ireland
Australia
Tuvalu
Ghana
Kenya
Kiribati
Finland
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| 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
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1947 |
| Organizational structure: |
Triennial Conference: current officers and voting delegates from member societies elect incoming officers and specified committee chairmen; Board of Trustees responsible for management; Executive Committee administers the organisation's affairs and comprises World President, Deputy President, Secretary and Treasurer; six Specified Committees address Agriculture, Finance, Projects, Promotion & Publications, Triennial Conference and United Nations |
| Number and type of members: |
at 30 September 2010 - 475 member societies and 1,333 individual members. Member Societies comprise women's organisations whose constitutions and methods of work are in harmony with the objectives, activities and policy of ACWW. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
CONGO, NGO Committee on the Status of Women New York Vienna, NGO Committee on UNICEF & Working Group on Girls New York, NGO Committee on UNIFEM New York, NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child Geneva, NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee Paris, |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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