Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Development
Education
Family
Information
Social Development
Women
Financing for Development:
International Trade as an engine for development
Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
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
Population:
Population distribution and internal migration
Reproduction, family formation and the status of women
Social Development:
Aging
Employment
Indigenous issues
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Social policy
Technical cooperation
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Education
Finance
Gender equality
Health
Integrated decision-making
Partnerships
Poverty
Rural Development
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Sustainable development of SIDS
Peace and Development in Africa:
Development in Africa
Peace in Africa
Conflict Resolution in Africa:
Conflicts Resolution
NEPAD:
Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
Human Development
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Senegal
Jamaica
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Suriname
Antigua and Barbuda
Ghana
United States of America
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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: |
2001 |
| Organizational structure: |
African Women's Alliance has a Board of Directors that is the Governing Body for the organization. The Day to Day activities are run by an Executive Committee. The Board of Directors and Executive Committees are supported by the membership, volunteers and interns. |
| Number and type of members: |
African Women's Alliance has individual membership. Worldwide membership at present is about 100. We are also in affiliation/membership with regional, community and national organizations with whom we collaborate to promote social and economic policies.African Women's Alliance membership also advocates the Sustainable Development Goals through discussions and initiatives that advance global and national objectives. Membership includes individuals from Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America. They are professors, doctors, lawyers and other professional people, as well as non-professionals. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
At the UN we are affiliated with NGO Networks of CSW, CSD,Anti Racism Commission and NGO networks. |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Product sales and business services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Fundraising campaigns
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| Funding structure other: |
Donations from Private Individuals and the public |
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