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Centre for Women Studies and Intervention

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
  • Men and boys
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Policy advice
  • Research
  • The girl child
  • Trafficking in women and girls
  • Violence against women
  • Women and HIV/AIDS
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the economy
  • Women and the environment
  • Women and the media
  • Women in power and decision-making

    • Social Development:
  • Information and Communications Technologies
  • Poverty
  • Social policy
  • Youth
    • Geographic scope: National
    Country of activity:
  • Nigeria
    • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Achieve universal primary education
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Improve maternal health
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 1999
    Organizational structure: The overall authority of the CWSI resides in the Board of Trustees. This body helps in policy formulation as well as chart proactive courses for the growth and the sustenance of the Organization. The Executive Director of CWSI, is the Secretary to this Board. She is also the overall Head of all Programmes and the Chief Accounting Officer. She is assisted by the Legal/Programme Manager, Gender Specialist, Research Officer, a Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, a Communication Officer and the Admin/Finance Officer. These officers have subordinates who report to them. The Organisation’s Executive Director, Programme Manager and Accounting Officer are signatories to the organization’s account. In addition, an Advisory Board helps guide operations and map out forward-looking strategies for the implementation of its programmes. In summary, CWSI has the following staff in her Organizational structure: The Board of Trustees (6) The Advisory Board (9) The Executive Director and Operational Staff (11) Part-Time Staff 120 The Volunteers (Over 150)
     
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