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
Millennium Development Goals
Research
The girl child
Women and HIV/AIDS
Social Development:
Poverty
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Education
Gender equality
Rural Development
Sanitation
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| Geographic scope: |
National
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| Country of activity: |
Ghana
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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
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2006 |
| Organizational structure: |
The organization has a Board of Directors made of 6, which is the overhead governing body of the organization. AFAWI Advisory Members numbering 2, which is a consultation governing body of the organization. The governing body has the sole responsibility to decide for the organization. Decisions made at the board meetings are channeled through management, whose main duty is to make decisive day-to-day decisions for the organization. The headquarters in Accra currently has 8 staff and volunteers throughout the year. The current members of the Board of Directors are made of 4 females and 2 males, while the Advisory members are one male and a female. Finally, there are 6 female staff and 2 male staff. |
| Number and type of members: |
AFAWI has over 600 members worldwide. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Society for women with AIDS in West Africa (SWAA), Ghana CSO SDG platformS |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Fundraising campaigns
Foreign and international grants
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