The Patron of the Development of Hospitality, Tourism and Management (HTM) of the Tamale Technical University (TaTU), Mr. Stanley Cowther has encouraged young women to prioritize opportunity-based ventures to create jobs. He said there were numerous opportunities in the country, as he encouraged young people to identify them to build sustainable enterprises to create moreContinue reading “SWIDA Holds Workshop to Train Young Women in Entrepreneurship and Job Creation”
Category Archives: Women and Girls Empowerment
SWIDA Ghana Facilitates Town Hall to push Women’s Participation in Politics
Women are being encouraged to participate actively in politics to ensure the balance of leadership is achieved across all divides. This call was echoed at the Town Hall Meeting put together by SWIDA Ghana, under the theme “Promoting Women’s Politcal Participation through Dialogue.” Organized under the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN), and funded by CanadianContinue reading “SWIDA Ghana Facilitates Town Hall to push Women’s Participation in Politics”
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”
SWIDA-Gh provides skill training to women in the North
A total of thirty young women have been trained in Tamale by SWIDA-Ghana, in various entrepreneurial skills, aimed at empowering them to be independent. The training, which was part of take-off activities for the launch of the project “Young Women Entrepreurship and Skills Training”, sought to empower the young women, making them think as entrepreneurship,Continue reading “SWIDA-Gh provides skill training to women in the North”
SWIDA-Gh Holds Workshop on Advocacy and unpaid care work for women
SWIDA-Ghana has held a workshop to empower women to understand unpaid care work and how efficient they can be at investing in their economic activities for income. The workshop was also aimed at improving women’s skills in engagement with household and family members to support in the home, to reduce and redistribute care work toContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh Holds Workshop on Advocacy and unpaid care work for women”
SWIDA-Gh Trains Young Women to Drive Entrepreneurial Development
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”
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”
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