A digital policy framework to upscale women’s participation in the digital economy has been launched in Tamale as part of activities to mark the 2022 International Women’s Day. The Gender Digital Policy Framework, an initiative by the Gender Digitisation and Formulation Consult, a Social Enterprise, in collaboration with the Ministry…
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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.