Promote women s participation as role models for achieving SDGs – SWIDA-GH newsghana.com.gh - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsghana.com.gh Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hajia Sawudatu Saeed, aspiring National Women's Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has assured women organisers of the party across the country of her commitment to promoting their welfare if voted into office. She said she would establish the Women's Wing Welfare Fund to offer monthly allowances to women…
COVID-19 Increases Risks Of Violence Against Women peacefmonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from peacefmonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The COVID-19 has increased the risks of sexual and gender-based violence against women in the Northern Region, Madam Bushira Alhassan, Northern Regional Director, Department of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has said.
She said in an epidemic such as the Covid-19, women and girls were at higher risk of experiencing intimation and other forms of domestic violence due to heightened tensions in the household.
Madam Alhassan said this on the International Women’s Day (IWD), organised by her Department, in partnership with the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA), Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Women and Children against Violence (PAORP-VAWG) and Songtaba organisation.