Training on SGBV, by SWIDA Ghana

As part of our commitment to promoting safe, inclusive, and resilient communities, SWIDA Ghana successfully organized a Training on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), SGBV Referral Systems, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Service Delivery for frontline responders under the EMPOWERHER Project.

The training brought together health professionals and frontline service providers operating within Safe Spaces across selected health facilities and schools to enhance their knowledge and practical skills in providing quality, survivor-centred, trauma-informed, and confidential support to survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.

Participants deepened their understanding of:

✅ Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)

✅ Survivor-centred approaches to service delivery

✅ Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)

✅ SGBV referral pathways and coordinated response mechanisms

✅ Ethical principles, confidentiality, and safeguarding in case management

By strengthening the capacities of frontline responders, SWIDA Ghana is contributing to improved access to quality psychosocial support services and protection for women, girls, and other vulnerable groups within our communities.

This training forms part of the EMPOWERHER Project: Advancing Institutional Strength, Leadership, Protection, and Inclusion for Sustainable Impact, implemented under the Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Project, with funding from Global Affairs Canada in partnership with Plan International Ghana.

Together, we are building stronger systems of care, protection, and empowerment for all.

SWIDA Ghana to Establish School Clubs

As part of SWIDA Ghana’s commitment towards promoting the values of UNESCO, the organization is looking to establish UNESCO ASPnet/ Clubs in six schools.

Starting off, we visited Yapalsi M.A. School to officially initiate a UNESCO ASPnet. The visit provided an opportunity to meet the vibrant club member and to introduce them to the vision and values of UNESCO. We also discussed how club members can become ambassadors of peace, sustainability, cultural diversity, and responsible citizenship within their school and community.

It was a very interactive introductory session with students sharing ideas and aspirations for the Club. Also, together we co-created a roadmap of exciting activities to be implemented in the next academic term, including initiatives on peace education, environmental sustainability, waste management, digital literacy, cultural heritage, gender equality, and student leadership.

This is only the beginning of a journey that will empower young people to learn, lead, and take action for a better future.

Watch out for SWIDA Ghana as we work with our vibrant UNESCO ASPnets and Clubs into platform for inspiring positive change

SWIDA Ghana Receives Seedlings for Vegetation

SWIDA has received about 2,000 seedlings to support vegetation across its four agroforestry farms in three districts.

The seedlings will help restore degraded land by improving tree cover, soil fertility, moisture retention, and erosion control.

They will also support climate resilience, biodiversity, and sustainable livelihoods, especially for women through access to fuelwood, fruits, fodder, and income opportunities.

Empowering Young Women Through Skills and Enterprise – SWIDA Ghana

SWIDA Ghana, in partnership with Fauzy Events and Partners, successfully trained about 20 young women in the production of gift boxes, including square, rectangular, pillow, and explosive boxes.

Speaking during the training, the Executive Director of SWIDA Ghana emphasized that skills development must go beyond training—it should create pathways for young women to earn incomes, become financially independent, and make informed decisions about their lives and futures. She encouraged the participants to treat the skills acquired as a business opportunity, develop their creativity, identify markets, and support one another to grow.

At the closing and certificate presentation, she congratulated the participants and challenged them to turn their certificates into action, their skills into businesses, and their businesses into sustainable livelihoods.

The initiative contributes to women’s economic empowerment by providing practical, marketable skills that can reduce economic dependency and vulnerability to exploitation and gender-based violence.

SWIDA Ghana appreciates Fauzy Events and Partners for the collaboration and congratulates all the young women for completing the training. May this be the beginning of successful entrepreneurial journeys!

SWIDA Ghana Signs Women Capacity Building MOU with Kumbungu District

Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA Ghana) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kumbungu District Assembly to strengthen collaboration in building the capacity of SIGRA-supported women-led CBOs and advancing gender-transformative programming that benefits both women and men.

The official partnership, witnessed by the District Coordinating Director and the SIGRA team from Tamale and Accra, marks an important step in consolidating the work already implemented in Kumbungu.

The MoU provides a stronger framework to deepen women’s leadership, strengthen community participation, promote climate resilience, improve accountability, and advance inclusive local development.

More importantly, it creates opportunities for SWIDA GHANA and the Assembly to build on existing achievements, respond to emerging needs, strengthen local capacities, mobilise resources, and scale practical solutions that promote equality and sustainable development.

Together, we are strengthening partnerships that ensure women, men, youth and vulnerable groups are not only beneficiaries of development, but active contributors to shaping the future of their communities.

SWIDA Ghana Organizes Training for Staff for Capacity Strengthening

SWIDA Ghana has organized a two-day capacity-building training for 16 staff members on gender-based advocacy, organizational visibility, and resource mobilization.

The knowledge and skills gained will strengthen staff capacity to champion gender-responsive advocacy, enhance the organization’s visibility through strategic communication, and develop sustainable fundraising approaches to expand SWIDA Ghana’s impact.

Participants are now better equipped to engage stakeholders, influence policy, mobilize resources, and amplify the voices of women and girls across our communities.

The training forms part of the SWIDA Ghana EMPOWER HER Project, funded by Plan International Ghana and Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada, under the RWVL Cohort 1 partners reinforcing our commitment to women’s empowerment and sustainable development.

SWIDA Ghana has been making efforts to prevent and respond to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) affecting the vulnerable, including Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) at every stage.

The organization has been engaging directly with PWDs to enable the understanding of their unique experiences, barriers to reporting abuse, and challenges in accessing justice and support services.

The voices of these vulnerable groups are essential in designing inclusive, accessible, and effective interventions.

SWIDA Ghana believes that listening, learning and planning together create safer communities and stronger protection systems that leave no one behind. Inclusion is not just about participation, it is about ensuring that PWDs are empowered to influence decisions that affect their lives and well being.

Organize Town Hall Meetings Regularly – Participants to SWIDA Ghana

As the Convenor of the SDG Tamale Platform, SWIDA Ghana, in collaboration with the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly and with financial support from the Ghana SDG Secretariat, successfully organized a Town Hall Meeting that brought together over 90 participants, including citizens, traditional authorities, civil society organisations, women, youth, persons with disabilities, and government institutions.

The meeting provided a platform for key departments to present updates on service delivery and enabled citizens to engage directly with duty bearers on priority development issues.

Participants called for regular Town Hall Meetings, greater transparency and accountability, timely implementation of community priorities, and stronger inclusion of women, youth, and persons with disabilities in local governance.

Together, we are advancing the Sustainable Development Goals by promoting accountable, inclusive, and participatory local governance where every voice matters.

SWIDA Ghana Organizes Training Under the EMPOWERHER Project

As part of our commitment to promoting safe, inclusive, and resilient communities, SWIDA Ghana successfully organized a Training on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), SGBV Referral Systems, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Service Delivery for frontline responders under the EMPOWERHER Project.

The training brought together health professionals and frontline service providers operating within Safe Spaces across selected health facilities and schools to enhance their knowledge and practical skills in providing quality, survivor-centred, trauma-informed, and confidential support to survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.

Participants deepened their understanding of:

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)

Survivor-centred approaches to service delivery

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)

SGBV referral pathways and coordinated response mechanisms

Ethical principles, confidentiality, and safeguarding in case management

By strengthening the capacities of frontline responders, SWIDA Ghana is contributing to improved access to quality psychosocial support services and protection for women, girls, and other vulnerable groups within our communities.

This training forms part of the EMPOWERHER Project: Advancing Institutional Strength, Leadership, Protection, and Inclusion for Sustainable Impact, implemented under the Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Project, with funding from Global Affairs Canada in partnership with Plan International Ghana.

SWIDA Ghana Establishes ASPnet in Schools

As part of SWIDA Ghana’s commitment towards promoting the values of UNESCO, the organization is looking to establish UNESCO ASPnet/ Clubs in six schools.

Starting off, we visited Yapalsi M.A. School to officially initiate a UNESCO ASPnet. The visit provided an opportunity to meet the vibrant club member and to introduce them to the vision and values of UNESCO.

We also discussed how club members can become ambassadors of peace, sustainability, cultural diversity, and responsible citizenship within their school and community.

It was a very interactive introductory session with students sharing ideas and aspirations for the Club.

Also, together we co-created a roadmap of exciting activities to be implemented in the next academic term, including initiatives on peace education, environmental sustainability, waste management, digital literacy, cultural heritage, gender equality, and student leadership.

This is only the beginning of a journey that will empower young people to learn, lead, and take action for a better future.