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”
Category Archives: Governance
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-Gh Honoured at Ghana Lifestyle Awards
SWIDA-Ghana received awards at the just ended Ghana Lifestyle Awards, 2023. The Ghana Lifestyle Awards is an awards ceremony to recognise the selfless contributions of some selected individuals and organisations to the socio-economic development of the country has been held in Tamale. This year’s ceremony was held to celebrate individuals and organisations, who have shownContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh Honoured at Ghana Lifestyle Awards”
More than two million vulnerable groups to benefit from SIGRA project
More than two million vulnerable groups from the Northern and Volta Regions are to benefit from a gender-responsive adaptation project on climate change. The project dubbed: “Strengthening Investments in Gender Responsive Adaptation”, (SIGRA) is being implemented in three Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Northern Region and two Assemblies in the Volta Region.Continue reading “More than two million vulnerable groups to benefit from SIGRA project”
Pictures: SWIDA-Gh Partners with WFP to Digitalize VSLA
SWIDA-Ghana in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP), is expected to implement a VSLA Digitalization project in the Karaga District. First, SWIDA-Ghana conducted a training for its staff members on how the application functions. The consulting firm for the project is from Denmark, with experience in similar projects across Africa….
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-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-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-Gh Facilitates for VSLA members to own Bank Accounts
As part of steps towards improving operations of the Village Savings and Loans Associations in communities, the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh), has been facilitating the creation of accounts with financial institutions by men and women in the various groups. The Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA), are groups created through SWIDA-Ghana’s initiative toContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh Facilitates for VSLA members to own Bank Accounts”
SWIDA–Ghana Participates in Resource Mobilization Workshop
Plan International Ghana, a key partner of SWIDA-Gh has held a three day training workshop on Resource Mobilization for 50 Women Rights Organizations (WROs) across the country, who are receiving support to implement various projects under its Women’s Voice and Leadership Project. The objective of the workshop was to strengthen the capacity of the WROsContinue reading “SWIDA–Ghana Participates in Resource Mobilization Workshop”
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