Women’s activity Centre of Marijampole Disrtict

Full legal name of organisation in native language	Marijampoles apskr. Moters veiklos centras
Name of organisation in English language	Women’s activity Centre of Marijampole Disrtict
Acronym	MMWC
Country	Lithuania
Country code	LT
Organisation address	Kestucio 3-12, 4520 Marijampole
Last and first name of the contact person	Blauzdziuniene Adolfina
Title and position in the organisation	director
Phone (include country and area codes)	370-43-55215
Fax (include country and area codes)	370-43-59525
E-mail address	mmvc@is.lt
Home page address	www.is.lt/mamvc

Type of organisation (legal status, main areas and type of activity)

Local organisation (non-governmental organisation) working in cooperating and exchanging experience with women’s organisations in Lithuania and abroad.

Size of organisation, in terms of the total number of personnel (use full-time equivalents)

Evidence of experience of the organisation of the women’s employment issues and experience in international co-operation

Women’s activity Centre of Marijampole Disrtict is participating in various activities to influence public policy on quality of life of women and families; MMWC expands educational activities; creates an ambrella organisational structure in Marijampole district; provides informatiom, assistance and counselling to women; fosters women’s consciousness, self-expression, humanness, solidarity, civic consciousness and ethnic culture irrespective of nationality, education or beliefs.

Projets, publications, events: a class equipped with computers, services providing to residents, teaching computer skills to girls from disatvantaged families; teaching home renovation; ethnic minority club "Mozaika" and elderly women’s club; the French and English language clubs; Employment Informational Agency; Marijampole County Residents’ Counselling Centre.