Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Atomic Energy
Biodiversity
Children
Citizenship and Governance
Climate Change
Disabled Persons
Disarmament
Financing for Development:
Addressing systemic issues
External debt
International Trade as an engine for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Millennium Development Goals
Population:
International migration
Reproduction, family formation and the status of women
Public Administration:
Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
Governance and Public Administration
Socio-Economic Governance and Management
Social Development:
Conflict
Cooperative
Disabled persons
Employment
Poverty
Statistics:
Demographic and social surveys
Development indicators
Environmental Accounts
Labour and Compensation
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Atmosphere
Biodiversity
Biotechnology
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Desertification and Drought
Disaster management and vulnerability
Energy
Forests
Gender equality
Health
International cooperation for an enabling environment
Peace and Development in Africa:
Peace in Africa
Conflict Resolution in Africa:
Conflicts Resolution
NEPAD:
Agriculture and Food Security
Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
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| Geographic scope: |
Regional
Africa
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| Country of activity: |
Togo
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
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: |
2014 |
| Organizational structure: |
WELFARE TOGO is headed by a President who constitutionally has to be a women of less than 35 years of age. She heads a Secretriat constituting 4 Heads of Department (i. Finance and Administration, ii. Gender, Youth and Education, iii. Human and Environmental Rights iv. Health . The main decision making body is the Executive Board which is made of 7 individuals whose approval is secured from the Registrar of Associations. |
| Number and type of members: |
WELFARE TOGO was established by female students at the University of Lome in 2009 for the following purposes: I. Defending their rights as female students II. Engaging the university administration and relevant government departments on various matters related to climate change, politics, home based violence,female genital mutilation, HIV and AIDS among youths, youth employment, etc III. Making themselves more visible to potential employers. As a result, the majority of membership are femate university and college students with current membership from this group standing at 3,390. The rest of the members are former university students and their number is 965. There are 5 honorary members who are academicians and decided to assist the youth. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
i. WELFARE AFRICA ii. WELFARE INTERNATIONAL iii. IPEN (International POPs Elimination Network) iv. PCFS (Peoples Coalition on Food Security) |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Fundraising campaigns
Fees for providing consulting or research services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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