Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Aging
Children
Citizenship and Governance
Climate Change
Crime Prevention
Criminal Justice
Development
Disabled Persons
Drug Control
Education
Environment
Extreme poverty
HIV/AIDS
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
International Law
Minority Rights
Peace and Security
Volunteerism
Women
Youth
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 in power and decision-making
Social Development:
Aging
Conflict
Disabled persons
Employment
Indigenous issues
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Social policy
Technical cooperation
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Desertification and Drought
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Gender equality
Health
Information for decision-making and participation
Integrated decision-making
Poverty
Rural Development
Sustainable development for Africa
Transport
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| Geographic scope: |
Regional
Africa
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| Country of activity: |
South Africa
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Promote gender equality and empower women
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2002 |
| Organizational structure: |
THE PEOPLE’S WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (PWD) GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
The organization is run by a board of directors which include the following office bearers:
i. The Chairman
ii. The Vice Chairman
iii. The Treasurer
iv. The Secretary
v. The Vice Secretary
vi. The Publicity Secretary
vii. The Women and Youth Affairs Secretary
The members of the PWD Directorate are appointed by the Assembly for four-year terms. The new executive team took up its duties on 1 June 2010.
PWD decision-making structures
The Assembly is the supreme governing body of the PWD. It oversees all the PWD's activities. It formulates policy, defines general objectives and strategy, and approves the budget and accounts. It nominates the directors and the head of Internal Audit. Composed of between 15 and 25 co-opted members of South African nationality, the Assembly is reciprocal in character.
Its President and two Vice-Presidents are the President/Chairperson and Vice-Presidents/Chairmen of the PWD.
International Advisers of the PWD, 2008 - 2011
The purpose of the group of International Advisers, set up by the PWD for a twelve months period to provide it with counsel and support in its activities and policy decisions, is to seek appropriate ways to enhance respect for the all irrespective of anything, to help the PWD better understand and deal with the economic and political issues it encounters in carrying out its mandate and to assist it in scrutinizing the environment for its community and people’s welfare and development endeavour. |
| Number and type of members: |
Currently, PWD has a membership of about 2000 in the following categories:
a. Founder members - 15
b. Corporate members - 585
c. Life members - 500
d. Annual members - 500
e. Youth / women members - 195
f. Disability members - 50
g. Honorary members -150
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP AS JUNE 2011 STANDS AT 1995. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
YES |
| Funding structure other: |
DONOR AND MEMBERSHIP SOLICITATION |
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