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Empowering Women for Excellence Initiave

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Climate Change
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Governance
  • Information
  • Peace and Security
  • Social Development
  • Women
  • Women/gender Equality
  • Youth

    • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Information and communication technologies
  • The girl child
  • Violence against women
  • Women and poverty
  • Women in power and decision-making

    • Social Development:
  • Poverty
  • Youth

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Gender equality

    • Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Peace in Africa
    • Geographic scope: National
    Country of activity:
  • Nigeria
    • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Improve maternal health
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2008
    Organizational structure: EWEI is governed by a 5-person Board of Trustees and a structured hierarchy of operations. Our 5 person Board of Trustees (BOT) are seasoned professionals in their respective fields and strong supporters and advocates for girls and women’s empowerment. EWEI’s BOT consists of 3 women and 2 men. Our day to day operations are run through four main departments: Communications Finance and Supplies Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Organisational Development and Partnerships 
    Number and type of members: We consider every beneficiary of our interventions a member of EWEI as well as staff and management. As at the end of 2019, EWEI had engaged 23,817 girls, women, men and youth in our activities.
    Affiliation with NGO networks: Civil Society Action Coalition for Education for All (CSACEFA) Nigeria; The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH);Global Girls Alliance Network; Nigerian Network of NGOs
    Funding structure:
  • Fundraising campaigns
  • Product sales and business services
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
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