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World Federation of Science Journalists

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Economic and Social:
  • Agriculture
  • Atomic Energy
  • Biodiversity
  • Business and Industry
  • Children
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Coorporate Accountability
  • Crime Prevention
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disabled Persons
  • Drug Control
  • Economics and Finance
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Extreme poverty
  • Family
  • Financing for Development
  • Food
  • Governance
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Habitat
  • Human Rights
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Industrial Development
  • Information
  • Intellectual Property
  • Justice
  • Law of the Sea and Antarctica
  • Least Developed Countries
  • Media
  • Micro-Credit
  • Minority Rights
  • Outer Space
  • Population
  • Private Sector
  • Refugees
  • Religion
  • Science and Technology
  • Social Development
  • Statistics
  • Sustainable Development
  • Taxation Policy
  • Technical Cooperation
  • Trade and Development
  • United Nations Reform
  • Water
  • Women
  • Youth

  • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Policy advice
  • Research
  • Women and the media
  • Women and the media

  • Public Administration:
  • Ethics, Transparency and Accountability

  • Social Development:
  • Information and Communications Technologies
  • Technical cooperation

  • Statistics:
  • Development indicators
  • Environmental Accounts
  • International Economic and Social Classifications
  • Statistical activities classification

  • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Atmosphere
  • Biodiversity
  • Biotechnology
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Consumption and production patterns
  • Demographics
  • Desertification and Drought
  • Disaster management and vulnerability
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Human settlements
  • Indicators
  • Industrial development
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • Institutional arrangements
  • Integrated decision-making
  • International cooperation for an enabling environment
  • International law
  • Land management
  • Major Groups
  • Marine Resources
  • Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
  • Mining
  • Mountains
  • Oceans and seas
  • Partnerships
  • Poverty
  • Protecting and managing the natural resources
  • Rural Development
  • Sanitation
  • Science
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Sustainable development for Africa
  • Sustainable development in a globalizing world
  • Sustainable development of SIDS
  • Technology
  • Toxic chemicals
  • Trade and environment
  • Transport
  • Waste (hazardous)
  • Waste (radioactive)
  • Waste (solid)
  • Waste Management

  • Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa
  • Peace in Africa

  • NEPAD:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
  • Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
  • Economic and Corporate Governance
  • Human Development
  • Regional Integration and Infrastructure
  • Geographic scope: International
    Country of activity:
  • Belgium
  • Senegal
  • Iraq
  • Tajikistan
  • Ukraine
  • Lithuania
  • Samoa
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Comoros
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  • Nicaragua
  • -
  • South Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Grenada
  • Bhutan
  • Tunisia
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Türkiye
  • Nauru
  • Norway
  • Fiji
  • Estonia
  • Guinea
  • Kuwait
  • Panama
  • Angola
  • Dominica
  • Portugal
  • China
  • Latvia
  • Russian Federation
  • Rwanda
  • Timor-Leste
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Sudan
  • Zambia
  • Jamaica
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Guinea Bissau
  • Ethiopia
  • Oman
  • Benin
  • Poland
  • Serbia
  • Argentina
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Republic of Moldova
  • El Salvador
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Cameroon
  • Myanmar
  • Mozambique
  • Central African Republic
  • Slovakia
  • Afghanistan
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Philippines
  • Honduras
  • Mongolia
  • Maldives
  • Bangladesh
  • Azerbaijan
  • Holy See
  • Congo
  • Andorra
  • Montenegro
  • Bahrain
  • Tonga
  • Chile
  • Barbados
  • Country Not Available
  • Canada
  • Iceland
  • South Sudan
  • Israel
  • Solomon Islands
  • Marshall Islands
  • Kenya
  • Yemen
  • India
  • Italy
  • Ireland
  • New Zealand
  • Liberia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Madagascar
  • Saint Lucia
  • State of Palestine
  • Sweden
  • Malawi
  • Kazakhstan
  • Qatar
  • Brazil
  • Cuba
  • Thailand
  • Australia
  • Dominican Republic
  • Burundi
  • Germany
  • Czechia
  • Finland
  • Mali
  • Belize
  • Algeria
  • Gabon
  • Armenia
  • Mauritius
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Vanuatu
  • Malta
  • Sri Lanka
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Guyana
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • Chad
  • Bulgaria
  • Slovenia
  • Morocco
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Costa Rica
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Georgia
  • Libya
  • Pakistan
  • Cape Verde
  • Ghana
  • Belarus
  • Cambodia
  • Kiribati
  • San Marino
  • Peru
  • Egypt
  • Sierra Leone
  • Palau
  • Ecuador
  • Botswana
  • Togo
  • Uruguay
  • Zimbabwe
  • Namibia
  • Seychelles
  • Somalia
  • Suriname
  • Haiti
  • Malaysia
  • Monaco
  • Paraguay
  • Spain
  • France
  • Uzbekistan
  • Indonesia
  • Eritrea
  • Switzerland
  • Hungary
  • Cyprus
  • Côte D'Ivoire
  • Uganda
  • United States of America
  • Lesotho
  • Turkmenistan
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Burkina Faso
  • Luxembourg
  • Romania
  • Tuvalu
  • Lebanon
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Micronesia (Federated States of)
  • Jordan
  • Nepal
  • Mexico
  • Viet Nam
  • Austria
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Greece
  • Albania
  • Bahamas
  • Colombia
  • Gambia
  • Netherlands
  • Niger
  • Guatemala
  • Djibouti
  • Denmark
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • North Macedonia
  • Mauritania
  • Eswatini
  • Japan
  • Croatia
  • Republic of Korea
  • Liechtenstein
  • Singapore
  • Other geographic areas of activity:
  • French Polynesia
  • 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
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2005
    Organizational structure: The World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization. The Federation is governed by a General Assembly representing all its members and by a nine-member international board with representation from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
    Number and type of members: The members of the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) are currently 61 National science journalists’ associations from 50 countries. The total membership exceeds 10,000 science journalists worldwide.
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Grants from Governments
  • Fees for education and training services
  • Fundraising campaigns
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
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