World Vision International (WVI), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), says incidences of child marriages in some part of the country, especially Northern Ghana, pose a threat to national development. It said the practice undermined the growth and development of young girls and robbed the nation of productive youth who could contribute towards national development. MrContinue reading “Child marriage threatens national development – World Vision”
Category Archives: Women and Girls Empowerment
SWIDA – Ghana Commemorates MHD 2021 with Basic Schools in the Savelugu Municipality
This year’s World Menstrual Hygiene Day has been celebrated by SWIDA – Ghana with some basic schools across the Savelugu Municipality, with the main aim to sensitize the students about menstruation and its related issues. The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Ghana), has some communities within the Savelugu Municipality as part of itsContinue reading “SWIDA – Ghana Commemorates MHD 2021 with Basic Schools in the Savelugu Municipality”
Continue to Engage Women and Girls on Laws that protect them – SWIDA – Ghana to CSOs
On the International Women’s Day – 2021, the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Ghana) is calling on Civil Society Organizations to continue to engage women and young girls on the various laws that have been made to protect the interests of women and to ensure the rights and protection of the girls areContinue reading “Continue to Engage Women and Girls on Laws that protect them – SWIDA – Ghana to CSOs”
SWIDA – Ghana Calls for Increased Capacity for Women to Enrich National Level and Local Governance Decision – Making Processes
Executive Director of the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Ghana), Hajia Alimah Sagito – Saeed has called for the swift passage of the Affirmative Action Bill by Parliament to help provide a platform for more women to be mainstreamed into national decision – making, for harnessing diverse perspectives towards development. Hajia Alimah madeContinue reading “SWIDA – Ghana Calls for Increased Capacity for Women to Enrich National Level and Local Governance Decision – Making Processes”
SWIDA – Ghana Launches New Women Empowerment Project
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Ghana) has launched a project aimed at contributing to dismantle gender-stereotypical norms that affect the progress of women in the Northern Region. The Women Empowerment for Leadership and Action for Development (Women-LEAD) Project also seeks to mentor and empower young girls to help them reach their potentials,Continue reading “SWIDA – Ghana Launches New Women Empowerment Project”
Fire Prevention Training Organized for Communities in the Savelugu Municipality
Women farmers, magazias and community leaders have benefitted from a training on fire prevention organized by the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA – Ghana). The beneficiaries came from five communities within the Savelugu Municipality, where the Climate Justice Project is being implemented. The training on fire prevention is part of SWIDA – Ghana’s wayContinue reading “Fire Prevention Training Organized for Communities in the Savelugu Municipality”
SWIDA – Ghana’s Women Forum in Savannah Region Calls for Enabling Environment for Women Leaders to Excel
Women leaders in the Savannah Regional have been sharing some of the challenges confronting them as they manouvre the difficult routes of leadership in a system that identifies only the man to lead. The Women Forum which was held at the Municipal Assembly Hall in Damongo, November, 2020, brought together 60 participants including Queen mothersContinue reading “SWIDA – Ghana’s Women Forum in Savannah Region Calls for Enabling Environment for Women Leaders to Excel”
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