Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Information and communication technologies
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Men and boys
Millennium Development Goals
Policy advice
Research
Service provision
The girl child
Trafficking in women and girls
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Women and the media
Women and the media
Women in power and decision-making
Population:
International migration
Morbidity and mortality
Population distribution and internal migration
Population growth
Population structure
Reproduction, family formation and the status of women
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Côte D'Ivoire
Belgium
New Zealand
Comoros
Djibouti
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Egypt
Kiribati
Papua New Guinea
Grenada
Uruguay
Bhutan
Togo
North Macedonia
Peru
Mauritania
Slovenia
Sierra Leone
Nepal
Kenya
Luxembourg
Italy
Russian Federation
Haiti
Türkiye
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Angola
Philippines
China
Sudan
Guyana
Uzbekistan
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Denmark
Uganda
Morocco
Iceland
Vanuatu
Republic of Korea
Antigua and Barbuda
Suriname
Liberia
Malaysia
Benin
Japan
Argentina
Tonga
Tajikistan
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Malta
Cameroon
Gambia
Norway
Central African Republic
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tuvalu
Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ireland
Iraq
Switzerland
Finland
Turkmenistan
Maldives
Bangladesh
Azerbaijan
Rwanda
Congo
Andorra
Panama
Bahrain
Chile
Barbados
Canada
Croatia
State of Palestine
Guatemala
Senegal
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Nicaragua
Spain
Mauritius
Seychelles
Ecuador
Palau
Syrian Arab Republic
Monaco
Netherlands
Zambia
Tunisia
Viet Nam
Brazil
Serbia
Australia
Burundi
San Marino
Oman
El Salvador
Sao Tome and Principe
Malawi
Myanmar
Belize
Dominican Republic
Costa Rica
Algeria
Samoa
South Africa
Armenia
Guinea
Georgia
Thailand
Namibia
Chad
Bulgaria
Lebanon
Mali
Brunei Darussalam
Niger
Paraguay
Mozambique
Jordan
Trinidad and Tobago
Cape Verde
Lithuania
Singapore
Kuwait
Sweden
Ghana
United Arab Emirates
Belarus
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Lesotho
Cambodia
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Romania
Botswana
Mongolia
Estonia
India
Timor-Leste
Holy See
Liechtenstein
Guinea Bissau
Portugal
Madagascar
Country Not Available
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Somalia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Pakistan
Burkina Faso
Sri Lanka
Montenegro
Ukraine
Mexico
Cyprus
Hungary
Republic of Moldova
Honduras
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Germany
Israel
Dominica
Gabon
Nigeria
Saint Lucia
Austria
Albania
Latvia
Bahamas
Colombia
Poland
Cuba
Solomon Islands
Marshall Islands
United Republic of Tanzania
Czechia
United States of America
Yemen
Indonesia
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Slovakia
Libya
Eswatini
Fiji
France
Greece
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Nauru
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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: |
1986 |
| Organizational structure: |
WGNRR is a global network organisation with regional focal points. Annual regional members' meeting is the assembly to decide on strategy, major policies and issues, and elects the Board. The Board is democratically represented by feminist/activist development work specialists from the different regions. The Board is responsible for endorsing annual work plans, budgets and annual reports. As a Governing Board is held accountable for the functioning of the Network. The Board has standing committees for personnel issues, financial matters, and grievance procedures. The Coordinating Office Team runs the daily affairs of the WGNRR based on its statutes. It consists of a Coordinator and staff to develop and implement the global network’s activities, including policy and strategy formulation and financial management. |
| Number and type of members: |
WGNRR has 860 member-organisations, 657 subscribers, and 183 network supporters, in 157 countries. Most of these are community and national-level, grassroots women's and girls' organisations, working in urban and rural poor communities, indigenous villages and in conflict situations. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
WGNRR is linked and working in many collaborative ways with networks: Associatio of Women in Development, AMANITARE, Youth Coalition, 1325 Circle, ASTRA, and Women Living Under Muslim Laws |
| Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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| Funding structure other: |
N.A. |
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