| Agency Name: |
United Nations Development Fund for Women
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| Contacts: |
UNIFEM
Regional Office for East and Horn of Africa
United Nations Office at Nairobi
UN Avenue, Gigiri
P.O. Box 30218
Nairobi
Phone: (254-2) 624383, 624386
Fax: (254-2) 624494
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| Agency Representative:
| Regional Director
Ms. Meryem Aslan
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| Information Officer:
| Mr. Ken Oredo
Communications Contact/Documentalist Phone: (254-2) 624384
E-mail: kenneth.oredo@unifem.unon.org
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| Website Address :
| Agency's Website
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| Mission Statement:
| To promote the economic and political empowerment of women in developing countries by ensuring their participation at all levels of development planning and practice, as well as playing a catalytic role in gender mainstreaming within the overall UN system of development cooperation
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| Agency Activities:
| * Campaign to combat violence against women and girls in Africa
* Implementation of Beijing platform for action throughout East and Horn of Africa
* Engendering the constitution review process in Kenya
* Promoting conflict resolution and peace building through women in East and Horn of Africa
* Support to African Women in situations of war and conflict
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| Agency Coverage:
| Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali, Sudan, Tanzania,Uganda.
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