Equality for women has always been a passion for Alima Sagito Saeed. After finishing school, she went straight to university to study development and has worked in the field ever since, with one aim: to improve gender equality and create better lives for women in her home country of Ghana. Alima is now the ExecutiveContinue reading “WeCaN Champion Alima Sagito Saeed: Experiences from a seat at the CSW67 table”
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SWIDA-Ghana Presents Project Updates to WFP
SWIDA-Ghana was involved in a review meeting in which it presented updates to the World Food Programme on its nutrition project. As a partner to the World Food Programme, SWIDA-Ghana has been implementing the health and nutrition project in Karaga. The project, among others, is expected to help improve nutrition in mostly women and childrenContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Presents Project Updates to WFP”
SWIDA-Ghana Participates in Research Validation Workshop by the Academia
SWIDA-Ghana participated in a research validation workshop by a team of professors from UDS and UBIDS. The workshop was on gains from Information Infrastructure: Impacts on Nutritious Diets and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Ghana. Presenters included Dr. Yazeed Abdul Mumin and Prof. Paul Kwame Nkegbe of University for Development Studies. Others are and Ms. ShamsiaContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Participates in Research Validation Workshop by the Academia”
SWIDA-Ghana Visits women farmers in Karaga
SWDA-Ghana has been monitoring women vegetable farmers in the Karaga District on its World Food Programme support for women’s growth in the communities. Officer in charge of Gender and Communities, Miss Khadijah Abdul Samed expressed her profound joy after seeing how hardworking the women have been over the past year. From the monitoring, it wasContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Visits women farmers in Karaga”
SWIDA-GH Holds Debate for SHSs to mark International Women’s Day
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh) organized a debate for Senior High Schools in the Northern Region as part of activities to mark this year’s International Women’s Day. The motion for the debate was “Ghana has done more to ensure equity in access to information Technology and educational skills”, with the participating schools beingContinue reading “SWIDA-GH Holds Debate for SHSs to mark International Women’s Day”
Fight Against SGBV Cannot be Won Without Involving Men – Miss Khadijah
The fight against Sexual and Gender Based Violence has seen various twists and turns, with the introduction of a myriad of strategies and innovation over the years. The angle, perhaps not given adequate attention, is the involvement of men and young men, as key stakeholders in the fight. This is why the “KASA! Ending SexualContinue reading “Fight Against SGBV Cannot be Won Without Involving Men – Miss Khadijah”
SWIDA-Ghana Trains Girls in Soapmaking
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency(SWIDA-Ghana), has provided training in soap making for 50 adolescent girls from communities in the Karaga district. These communities are targets under the Sustainable Livelihoods and Nutrition Reduction project. The overall objective of the project is to provide sustainable livelihoods support to vulnerable persons, mostly women and girls in theContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Trains Girls in Soapmaking”
SWIDA-Ghana at the “Girls’ Education in Ghana” Forum
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency has participated in a forum aimed at ensuring quality education for girls across Ghana. The forum; “Girls Education in Ghana”, assembled stakeholders in education, including CSOs, community leaders as well as duty bearers, to share findings from a scoping study conducted to unearth some of the basic challenges confrontingContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana at the “Girls’ Education in Ghana” Forum”
SWIDA-Ghana Executive Director Leads the Presentation of implemented activities for the January, 2023, under the Sustainable Livelihoods and Improved Nutrition project at the World Food Programme regional office.
Monitoring Visits to Sustainable Livelihoods Project
Yuka, Consultant for SWIDA-Ghana’s Sustainable Livelihoods and Nutrition Improvement project with the World Food Programme, has been visiting a number of communities in Karaga to inspect the nursery beds of women who have been trained in vegetable farming. So far, about 1860 women have been provided seedlings of leafy vegetables such as ‘aleyfu’ ‘ayoyo’, ‘bira’,Continue reading “Monitoring Visits to Sustainable Livelihoods Project”
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