Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Aging
Business and Industry
Children
Crime Prevention
Criminal Justice
Culture
Education
Environment
Extreme poverty
Family
Food
Governance
HIV/AIDS
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Justice
Minority Rights
Science and Technology
Social Development
Values
Volunteerism
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
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 and the media
Women and the media
Women in power and decision-making
Social Development:
Aging
Disabled persons
Employment
Indigenous issues
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Social policy
Youth
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Germany
Liberia
Jamaica
South Africa
United Arab Emirates
Japan
Nigeria
Canada
Haiti
Republic of Korea
United States of America
Bahamas
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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: |
1913 |
| Organizational structure: |
The governing body of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA) is known as the Boule and its administrative division is known as the Directorate. AKA is composed of chapters of equal rank known as graduate and undergraduate.
The Boule meets biennially in the summer and is open to active and honorary members. Its 18 officers -- the International President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Parliamentarian, Regional Directors and two Undergraduate Members at Large constitute the Directorate. Designated delegates, past International Presidents, members of the Directorate, Executive Director and Deputy Director are entitled to voting privileges. The Boule shall have the power to organize, constitute, and charter chapters, both graduate and undergraduate, and have general supervision over the same; to form new regions whenever warranted by the growth of the Sorority; to make, write, compile and promulgate the ritualistic work; to hear and make decisions on all questions that are referred to it, on appeal or otherwise, for final adjudication; and in general, to do and perform every lawful act and thing necessary or expedient for efficiently conducting the business of the Sorority and its branches. The Directorate shall have the power to hear and to act upon all appeals brought before it by members, chapters or regions. It shall have the power to make recommendations to the Boule, approve the proposed program of the Boule and to submit for circulation proposed amendments to AKA Constitution and Bylaws. The Directorate has the power to conduct the business of the Sorority when the Boule is not in session. The procedure for elections is prescribed in the organization bylaws. With the exception of the International Parliamentarian and the International Regional Director (both appointed by the President), members of the Directorate are elected by plurality vote at the regular meeting of the Boule.
AKA is divided geographically into ten regions (including an International Region), each of which holds an annual conference. In the year of the Boule, each Regional Conference, except the International Region, nominates a Regional Director. The Regional Conference has the power to make recommendations to the Directorate or to the Boule, and to propose amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws. Each chapter has the power to select its own members, subject to the rules and regulations of the Sorority.
Each chapter shall have the power to hear and adjust matters of differences between its members, to suspend and restore members, and to recommend to the Directorate cases for expulsion. Where no settlement of differences is reached within the chapter, an appeal may be made to the Regional Director and, if necessary, to the Directorate. Each chapter has the power to make its own bylaws. These bylaws must not conflict with the Constitution and Bylaws of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. |
| Number and type of members: |
The type of members include the following categories: -- Graduate Chapter Membership, Undergraduate Chapter Membership, and General Membership |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Fees for education and training services
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