Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Development
Financing for Development
Food
Intellectual Property
New Global Institutions
Social Development
Trade and Development
United Nations Reform
Women/gender Equality
Financing for Development:
Addressing systemic issues
International Trade as an engine for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Research
Women and the economy
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Consumption and production patterns
Gender equality
Transport
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Geographic scope: |
International
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Country of activity: |
Tunisia
Belgium
United States of America
Uzbekistan
Argentina
Guatemala
Philippines
Colombia
Brazil
India
Uruguay
Lebanon
Zimbabwe
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Promote gender equality and empower women
Improve maternal health
Develop global partnership for development
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
2003 |
Organizational structure: |
- IGTN Global Secretariat
Graciela Rodriguez, Global Coordinator/Brazil
Diana Aguiar, Global Project Coordinator/Brazil
- Africa (provisional)
Phides Mazhawidza, Zimbabwe
Hassania Chalbi-Drissi, Tunisia
- Asia
Naty Bernardino, Philippines
- Central Asia
Gulnora Makhmudova, Uzbekistan
- Europe
Barbara Specth, Belgium
- Latin America
Alma Espino, Uruguay
Norma Sanchis, Argentina
- Middle East and Gulf
Lina Abou Habib, Lebanon
- North America
Kristin Sampson, United States of America
- Advisors
Peggy Antrobus, Barbados
Yassine Fall, Senegal
Maria Riley, United States of America
- Trade Research
Mariama Williams, Jamaica
This Steering Committee was originally formed when a group of feminist activists (the majority of them above nominated) have gotten together to form the network. Each 5 years, regional and global coordinators rotate and they are elected by region's Steering Committee and by global Steering Committee meetings, respectively. |
Number and type of members: |
- Equit Institute is an NGO with 6 employees. IGTN is a network with several member organizations regionally:
IGTN Africa
Zambia Alliance of Women, Zambia (Chipo Mhlanga)
NAWE, Mali (Diarra Fatoumata)
Women on Farms, South Africa (Fatima Shabodien)
CLVF/FEMNET, Senegal (Fatou Bintou Thioune)
CAEDHU/FEMNET, Senegal (Fatou Diouf)
FEMNET, Senegal (Marie Pierre Diop and Ndeye Daro Fall)
COSAPERE/ FEMNET, Senegal (Mbeinda Diop Lamotte)
NETRIGHT, Ghana (Patricia Blankson Akakpo)
NAWE, Gambia (Sirra Ndow)
Association of Women for Development, Niger (Thérèse Keita)
IGTN Asia
Women and Gender Institute, Miriam College, Philippines
Gigi Francisco - regional coordinator
Natividad Bernardino - co-coordinator
Clem Novales - communications and networking officer
IGTN-Asia Associates:
Jayson Cainglet (Philippines)
Marina Durano, PhD (Philippines)
Maria Sagrario Floro, PhD (Philippines, USA)
Lanyan Chen, PhD (China)
Avanti Mukherjee (India)
Mabel Au (Hong Kong)
Marvic Leonen, LLM (Philippines)
Sheelu Francis (India)
Lek Jimpraset (Thailand)
IGTN Central Asia
Business Women's Association of Uzbekistan
Gulnora Makhmudova – Coordinator
IGTN Europe
WIDE, Belgium
Barbara Specht (Advocacy and Information Officer)
Benedicte Allaert (WIDE Coordinator)
IGTN Latin America
CIEDUR – Interdisciplinary Center for Development Studies, Uruguay (Alma Espino, Paola Azar, Soledad Salvador, Martha Chiappe, Nicole Bidegain and Gabriela Pedetti)
Asociación Civil Lola Mora, Argentina (Norma Sanchís (Coordinator) and Veronica Baracat)
Equit Institute- Global Gender, Economy and Citizenship, Brazil (Graciela Rodriguez, Diana Aguiar, Vivian Tavares da Costa, Marta Lago, Lucia Santalices)
REPEM - Popular Education Network between Women, Colombia (Patricia Jaramillo and Liubka Buitrago)
Mujer y Medio Ambiente A.C., Mexico (Rebeca Salazar)
Mesa Global de Guatemala (Norma Maldonado)
IGTN Middle East and Gulf
CRTDA - Collective for Research and Training on Development – Action (Lina Abou-Habib and Roula Al-Masri)
IGTN USA
Center of Concern (Kristin Sampson, Maria Riley and Abiosseh Davis) |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Our World is not for Sale (OWINFS), Trade-Finance Linkages, Women's Working Group on Financing for Devlopment |
Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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