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: |
Ukraine
Norway
Guatemala
Russian Federation
Argentina
Italy
Zambia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Kenya
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Cameroon
Mozambique
Central African Republic
Slovenia
India
Romania
Hungary
Myanmar
Liberia
South Africa
Denmark
Croatia
Thailand
Iceland
Indonesia
Ecuador
Serbia
Zimbabwe
Eritrea
Mexico
Bangladesh
Ghana
Malaysia
Slovakia
Belarus
Senegal
Estonia
Netherlands
Republic of Korea
Latvia
Lithuania
Austria
Chile
Czechia
Suriname
Rwanda
Canada
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kyrgyzstan
El Salvador
Colombia
Finland
Honduras
United States of America
Botswana
Jordan
Namibia
Angola
France
China
Peru
Nigeria
Philippines
Japan
Kazakhstan
Germany
Nicaragua
Papua New Guinea
Brazil
Costa Rica
Australia
Poland
Ethiopia
Malawi
Singapore
Sweden
Madagascar
Switzerland
United Republic of Tanzania
Guyana
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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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