SWIDA-Ghana has brought to a close its campaign on the 16-days of Activism, waged against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) against women and girls! Over the past two weeks, the organization has engaged students in various schools across the northern region, held an SGBV Conference and social media campaigns, and raised awareness on SGBV andContinue reading “SWIDA-Ghana Marks the Climax of 16 Days of Activism 2024, on Ending SGBV”
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SWIDA Ghana Launches 16 Days Advocacy Campaign on Women’s and Girls’ Rights
SWIDA Ghana is embarking on a 16-day campaign to champion advocacy on the rights of women and girls. The 16 Days of Activism will focus mainly on pushing for human rights for, and ending violence against women and girls, especially in the rural communities of northern Ghana. A total of 5,000 women and girls areContinue reading “SWIDA Ghana Launches 16 Days Advocacy Campaign on Women’s and Girls’ Rights”
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 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”
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”
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