Women are being encouraged to participate actively in politics to ensure the balance of leadership is achieved across all divides. This call was echoed at the Town Hall Meeting put together by SWIDA Ghana, under the theme “Promoting Women’s Politcal Participation through Dialogue.” Organized under the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN), and funded by CanadianContinue reading “SWIDA Ghana Facilitates Town Hall to push Women’s Participation in Politics”
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SWIDA-Ghana Holds First-Ever Females Leadership and Networking Conference in Tamale
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Ghana) has held a Female-empowering conference in Tamale, reflecting on young women becoming better versions of themselves. The four-day conference which was under the theme “Growing into a Bigger and Better You”, aimed to achieve the following: • Cultivate leadership skills among women • Create a powerfulContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Holds First-Ever Females Leadership and Networking Conference in Tamale”
State Institutions Called upon to Involve Young people in Activities of Climate and Development
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Ghana) in collaboration with state institutions have been urged to foster partnerships in implementing actions around SDGs 13 and 16 in communities, considering young people as integral to this drive. Sustainable Development Goals 13 and 16 call for climate action, and peace, justice and strong institutions, respectively. According toContinue reading “State Institutions Called upon to Involve Young people in Activities of Climate and Development”
SWIDA-Ghana Builds Capacity of Communities on Climatic Social Resilience
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Ghana), has engaged the Tong and Bagli communities in some homestead activities to help them improve their climatic and social resilience. The activity, which had young men go through sustainable tree planting techniques such as eye brow and micro trench techniques for tree planting were excited, as they highlyContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Builds Capacity of Communities on Climatic Social Resilience”
SWIDA-Ghana’s Town Hall Meeting Highlights the need for Youth involvement in Agriculture and Climate change issues
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh), has held a Town Hall meeting to deliberate on issues of climate change, and how the youth can play a major role in the issues of climate resilience in the Northern Region. The Town Hall meeting, which brought together youth groups and major stakeholders, also pushed for clearlyContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana’s Town Hall Meeting Highlights the need for Youth involvement in Agriculture and Climate change issues”
SWIDA-Gh ED On Consequences of Migration Due to Climate Change
Executive Director, Hajia Alima Sagito-Saeed shares her experience on the real life changing consequences of migration due to climate change on women, girls, youth, the very vulnerable and communities in general. She was speaking in an interview with the Award Winning Climate Change Journalist in Ghana for a feature story Mohammed Fugu. Check out theContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh ED On Consequences of Migration Due to Climate Change”
SWIDA-Gh Holds Empowers Community Champions on Climate Adaptation
A two-day workshop has been held in Tamale, aimed at building the capacity of some selected community champions on climate change adaptation and mitigating factors. The other objective was to introduce participants to some local and international guidelines and key concepts on climate change and how the youth can leverage the guidelines to advocate forContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh Holds Empowers Community Champions on Climate Adaptation”
UNDP and Partners review Ghana’s national framework to enhance response to violent extremism
In response to emerging challenges and the evolving landscape of terrorism threats in the West African sub-region, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ministry of National Security, with funding from Governments of Australia and German, has initiated a comprehensive review of Ghana’s National Framework for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism andContinue reading “UNDP and Partners review Ghana’s national framework to enhance response to violent extremism”
SWIDA-Gh Begins Process towards the Implementation of Climate Action Project
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh), has secured funding to implement a project on climate action, aimed as the project title indicates, “Building Bridges: Empowering Youth as Green Champions for Climate Resilience in Northern Ghana”. The climate action project seeks to directly empower 25 youth groups from the Tamale Metropolis and Savelugu and SagnariguContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh Begins Process towards the Implementation of Climate Action Project”
SWIDA-Gh provides skill training to women in the North
A total of thirty young women have been trained in Tamale by SWIDA-Ghana, in various entrepreneurial skills, aimed at empowering them to be independent. The training, which was part of take-off activities for the launch of the project “Young Women Entrepreurship and Skills Training”, sought to empower the young women, making them think as entrepreneurship,Continue reading “SWIDA-Gh provides skill training to women in the North”
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