ECOWAS; Economic Community of West African States

De vestafrikanske staters økonomiske fællesskab eller Det Økonomiske Fællesskab af Vestafrikanske Stater grundlagt i 1975.

Medlemslande

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Elfenbenskysten
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kap Verde
• Liberia
• Mali
• Mauretanien (indtil 2002)
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo

Litteratur

The Security Sector and Gender in West Africa: A survey of police, defence, justice and penal services in ECOWAS states / Editor(s): Miranda Gaanderse, Kristin Valasek. DCAF, Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces 16 Dec 2011. - 259 s.
- http://www.dcaf.ch/content/download/47645/710292/file/00_Complete_West%20Africa_gender_survey.pdf