The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Ghana), has registered young women to be trained in various skills development, as a means of empowerment, aimed at inculcating in them the need to be entrepreneurial and independent. The young women, from across the northern region of Ghana, numbering thirty in total, are expected to receive training inContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh Trains Young Women to Drive Entrepreneurial Development”
Category Archives: Women and Girls Empowerment
SWIDA deeply concerned 6.8% of women experienced physical violence while pregnant
On Friday, November 24, 2023, the Ghana Statistical Service reported, as part of its preliminary findings from the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) Report, that two in every five (41.6%) women aged 15 to 49 who have ever had an intimate partner have experienced at least one form of intimate partner violence (IPV),Continue reading “SWIDA deeply concerned 6.8% of women experienced physical violence while pregnant”
SWIDA-Gh in Niger Delta for Women’s Engagement on Environment and Justice
SWIDA-Ghana’s Executive Director is at UYO, Akwa Ibom state, Niger Delta, for the Women Convergence for Environmental Justice. The theme for the conference is “Building A Feminist Economy for Eco-System Restoration in the Niger Delta”. SWIDA-Gh has over the years been working on women in Climate Justice, with support from our partners like Global FundContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh in Niger Delta for Women’s Engagement on Environment and Justice”
Pictures: SWIDA-Gh in AWMA Media and Assembly Women Aspirants Engagement
The Alliance for Women in Media Africa invited SWIDA-Gh to engage women aspirants and the media on the importance of gender-sensitive reporting towards increasing women’s participation in the 2023 District Level Assembly Elections. We also had the chance to engage women aspirants on effective communication strategies to bolster their campaign messages. The design of theContinue reading “Pictures: SWIDA-Gh in AWMA Media and Assembly Women Aspirants Engagement”
Employ new Approaches towards Agriculture and Food Production – Hajia Alima
The Ghana Federation of Forest & Farm Producers (GhaFFaP) has called on all actors and stakeholders within the Agricultural value chain to adopt more integrated Climate Resilience approaches for their agricultural and food production systems. This statement was made during the 39th Ghana National Farmers Day Celebrations which was on the theme: ” Delivering SmartContinue reading “Employ new Approaches towards Agriculture and Food Production – Hajia Alima”
Weekly Update: SWIDA-Gh ED Partakes in Women Advocacy Activities
Panelist; representing women, girls and farmers on the “Ghana We Need” by the Economic Governance Platform and Oxfam in Tamale. Key speaker on the topic: Securing Women’s Economic Independence and Resilience at the Launch of Golden Inspires Foundation GIF-Ghana in Yendi. Panelist; representing women, girls and farmers on the “Ghana We Need” by the EconomicContinue reading “Weekly Update: SWIDA-Gh ED Partakes in Women Advocacy Activities”
Press Statement: International Day of the Rural Woman-2023
ISSUED IN TAMALE BY HAJIA ALIMA SAGITO-SAEED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – SAVANNAH WOMAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT AGENCY GHANA 15TH OCTOBER 2023 The theme for International Day of Rural Women is Rural Women Cultivating Good food for all. It highlights the essential role that rural women and girls play in the food systems globally. This is from productionContinue reading “Press Statement: International Day of the Rural Woman-2023”
We need to increase Advocacy to end Sexual Violence – Khadijah to Stakeholders
The Gender and Communications Manager for SWIDA-Gh, Miss Khadijah Abdul Samed has called on stakeholders in girl child empowerment and education, to work together with individuals in communities to end the menace of sexual violence against girls. Miss Khadijah made this call during a series of activities SWIDA-Gh implemented to celebrate this year’s International DayContinue reading “We need to increase Advocacy to end Sexual Violence – Khadijah to Stakeholders”
SWIDA-Gh Trains Journalists on Gender-Sensitive Reporting
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh) has organized training for journalists in the northern region to support in capacity building on news reporting, taking into consideration, gender. The training took place at the conference hall of SWIDA-Ghana and was focused on gender-sensitive reporting, linked to the ownership of land by women, as a wayContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh Trains Journalists on Gender-Sensitive Reporting”
Empowering women in agriculture critical to minimising SGBV — SWIDA-GH
Hajia Alima Sagito-Saeed, Executive Director of Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-GH), an NGO, has called on government to support women in agriculture to reduce Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) in the country. She said most of the SGBV cases resulted from women’s over-reliance on their male counterparts for their needs. She said, “If womenContinue reading “Empowering women in agriculture critical to minimising SGBV — SWIDA-GH”
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