Education

SWIDA Ghana Holds Session on SGBV for SHSs

SWIDA Ghana has successfully concluded an insightful session designed to equip Senior High School students with the knowledge and tools needed for life beyond school and how to handle SGBV. The key areas the innovative programme discussed included Career and Educational Pathways, Emphasizing the importance of setting career goals and pursuing further education, and FinancialContinue reading “SWIDA Ghana Holds Session on SGBV for SHSs”

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”

Ghana CSOs Platform Trains Members on Research and Budget Tracking for Education Financing

Members of the Civil Society Organizations platform on the SDGs in the northern sector have received training on effective research, aimed at finding the gaps in education in Ghana and what can be done to plug them through government’s financing. The CSOs platform on SDGs is facilitating for its members to raise critical issues relatingContinue reading “Ghana CSOs Platform Trains Members on Research and Budget Tracking for Education Financing”

CSOs Call for more Funding Release for Ghana’s Education Sector

Ghana’s Civil Society Platform on the Sustainable Development Goals (CSOs on SDGs Platform) has been calling for members and stakeholders especially in the education sector to invest more time and efforts into advocacy to get government to raise funding allocation for the education sector. Budgeting and funding allocation to the education sector has dipped overContinue reading “CSOs Call for more Funding Release for Ghana’s Education Sector”

SWIDA-Ghana’s key Activities in the past Week

Observation of Menstrual Hygiene Day – 2023 Review meeting with interns Media interview Review of staffs’ May performance and June Planning Meeting WFP IP Review meeting for May Community stakeholders’ engagement on unpaid care work and SGBV Installation of solar energy for mechanized borehole drill Maternal health and malaria prevention in Gushegu Mentoring session withContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana’s key Activities in the past Week”

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”

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 Sensitizes Students on Anti-Corruption

The savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh), has provided sensitization to some 600 students of the Savelugu Senior High School (SAVESS), as part of activities to mark the Anti-Corruption Day, 2022. This action was necessitated by SWIDA-Gh’s continuous drive at empowering the younger generation to eschew all forms of potentially corrupt activities at the schoolContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Sensitizes Students on Anti-Corruption”

SWIDA – Ghana celebrates IDGC – 2022 in Damankunyili

The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency, Ghana (SWIDA – Gh) has celebrated the International Day for the Girl Child with school girls in Damankunyili, a rural community in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern region. Overwhelming school children and teachers from the Damankunyili R/C Junior High school joined SWIDA – Gh in the celebration whereContinue reading “SWIDA – Ghana celebrates IDGC – 2022 in Damankunyili”

Pictures: SWIDA – Gh Partakes in UDS Agritech Challenge 2022

Executive Director for SWIDA – Gh, Hajia Alima Sagito – Saeed, is a member of the Regional Ideation Team for the 2022 Kosmos Innovation Centre, UDS Agritech Challenge Classic. She was judge at the first Classic pitch for 24 new Agritech businesses by the students. Key Innovations to mention included 1. Use of Plantation leavesContinue reading “Pictures: SWIDA – Gh Partakes in UDS Agritech Challenge 2022”