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”
Category Archives: Women and Girls Empowerment
Pictures: SWIDA-Ghana’s Support for Women for Economic Enhancement
Mma Amina from a community in Sagnarigu happily displaying her appropriately packaged grounded dawadawa for delivery to a customer in Accra. She is being supported by officers to label her product with her contact details to enhance her market access. Supporting women like Mma Amina with value addition techniques is a key component of ourContinue reading “Pictures: SWIDA-Ghana’s Support for Women for Economic Enhancement”
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”
Fight Against SGBV Cannot be Won Without Involving Men – Miss Khadijah
The fight against Sexual and Gender Based Violence has seen various twists and turns, with the introduction of a myriad of strategies and innovation over the years. The angle, perhaps not given adequate attention, is the involvement of men and young men, as key stakeholders in the fight. This is why the “KASA! Ending SexualContinue reading “Fight Against SGBV Cannot be Won Without Involving Men – Miss Khadijah”
SWIDA-Ghana Trains Girls in Soapmaking
The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency(SWIDA-Ghana), has provided training in soap making for 50 adolescent girls from communities in the Karaga district. These communities are targets under the Sustainable Livelihoods and Nutrition Reduction project. The overall objective of the project is to provide sustainable livelihoods support to vulnerable persons, mostly women and girls in theContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Trains Girls in Soapmaking”
SWIDA-Ghana Executive Director Leads the Presentation of implemented activities for the January, 2023, under the Sustainable Livelihoods and Improved Nutrition project at the World Food Programme regional office.
Monitoring Visits to Sustainable Livelihoods Project
Yuka, Consultant for SWIDA-Ghana’s Sustainable Livelihoods and Nutrition Improvement project with the World Food Programme, has been visiting a number of communities in Karaga to inspect the nursery beds of women who have been trained in vegetable farming. So far, about 1860 women have been provided seedlings of leafy vegetables such as ‘aleyfu’ ‘ayoyo’, ‘bira’,Continue reading “Monitoring Visits to Sustainable Livelihoods Project”
SWIDA-Ghana Director Calls for more Women in Leadership
Hajia Alimah Sagito-Saeed, has made it a passion to push for more women to aspire to take up leadership positions both at the national and community levels. The Executive Director for SWIDA-Ghana has over the years been making this call and has backed it by action, as her organization has involved many young women inContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Director Calls for more Women in Leadership”
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”
SWIDA-Gh Partnership to Ending SGBV in Karaga District
SWIDA-Ghana in partnership with state actors and international partners have intensified the ‘UNiTE’ Campaign to end Sexual and Gender Based Violence against women and girls in Karaga, targeting women, adolescents, chiefs, youth leaders and religious leaders. The Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-Gh), with support from the World Food Programme (WFP), UNFPA and the MinistryContinue reading “SWIDA-Gh Partnership to Ending SGBV in Karaga District”
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