Women Voice and Leadership Grant

Location: Kumbungu District and Yendi Municipal

Partner: Empower

Description

The women voice and leadership (WVL) programme is implemented 10 Communities by Songtaba in partnership with Plan International Ghana under the Gender Transformative Programme (GTP). The programme was implemented for two and a half years and worked closely with the women and the larger community. It was commissioned in 2020 July. The goal was to contribute to women and girls’ rights and advancement of gender inequality in Ghana. The project reached out to 3,200 direct beneficiaries in 10 communities within the 2 selected districts of the Northern Region (Yendi Municipal and Kumbungu District). This worked with young adolescent girls (12-18 years) and their networks, women small holder farmers and their network, traditional and religious leaders and men and boys’ groups.

Outcomes

Outcome 1

Women's unpaid care work (UCW) is more highly valued within households, communities and government, more evenly distributed within households and hours spent by women on UCW is reduced, resulting in more free time for women to engage in social, economic and political activities.

outcome 2

Women have more secure and sustainable access to land and productive resources leading to increased income

Activities

  • Mobilised and formed women Reflect groups and built the capacity of the women on their rights, advocacy and their economic situation using trained facilitators
  • Supported allege witches with food items, PPEs for during the Covid pandemic
  • Supported 100 children and dependents of allege witches with school uniforms, bags and learning materials to promote their entry and retention in school
  • Carried out sensitization on COVID-19
  • Mobilised and training COVID-emergency response teams in the communities
  • Sensitized women small holder farmers on financial literacy and establish Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) in target communities Savings and Loans Association

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