Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Children
De-mining
Debt Relief
Development
Disabled Persons
Education
Environment
Extreme poverty
Family
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Indigenous Peoples
International Law
Justice
Least Developed Countries
Media
Micro-Credit
Minority Rights
New Global Institutions
Peace and Security
Population
Refugees
Religion
Social Development
Statistics
Sustainable Development
Torture
United Nations Reform
Violence
Water
Women
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Human rights of women
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Service provision
Violence against women
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Social Development:
Disabled persons
Indigenous issues
Poverty
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Climate change
Gender equality
Health
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Trade and environment
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Ghana
India
Russian Federation
Argentina
El Salvador
Iceland
Malaysia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Estonia
Finland
Mozambique
Thailand
Eritrea
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Cameroon
Poland
Sweden
Central African Republic
Senegal
Slovakia
Guatemala
Suriname
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Zambia
Kenya
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Denmark
Honduras
Romania
Japan
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh
Namibia
Costa Rica
Lithuania
Republic of Korea
Belarus
France
Madagascar
Germany
Austria
Liberia
Papua New Guinea
Singapore
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Chile
Slovenia
Ecuador
Kyrgyzstan
Canada
Ukraine
Serbia
Colombia
Malawi
Myanmar
Jordan
Czechia
Botswana
Angola
China
Mexico
Netherlands
Croatia
Norway
Switzerland
Ethiopia
Guyana
South Africa
Indonesia
Nigeria
United Republic of Tanzania
Nicaragua
Italy
Peru
Brazil
Australia
Hungary
Philippines
United States of America
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1952 |
| Organizational structure: |
It is governed by a Council and an Executive Committee. It holds its general assembly every six to seven years. The operations of the LWF are led and coordinated by its Communion Office, based in Geneva and led by the LWF General Secretary, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the organization |
| Number and type of members: |
The LWF is a membership organization of 154 churches in 100 countries, represented all the regions of the world |
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