Progress on the Implementation of DFID's HIV/AIDS Strategy - International Development Committee Contents


Annex 1

ONE WORLD ACTION (OWA)

  OWA was founded by Glenys Kinnock on 21 December 1989 in memory of Bernt Carlsson, the former Swedish UN Commissioner for Namibia who died in the Lockerbie aircraft bombing in 1988 while travelling to the signing ceremony of the Namibian independence agreement.

  Today, although we are an organisation of just 15 full time members of staff (well supported by a fantastic team of volunteers) we work with 41 partners in 19 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America and have gained a sound reputation for our work on governance, democracy and gender.

  Our partners overseas include other non-governmental organisations, community and co-operative movements, women's organisations, disabled people's organisations and trade unions. Though diverse in kind, they have a common commitment to strengthening local institutions and giving people a say in the decisions that shape their lives.

  We believe poverty is about the lack of power, so we work with the poorest, most marginalised people, to enable and empower them to transform their own lives.



 
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