The 2022 “16 Days of Activism” march and public sensitization event supported by OXFAM Ghana took place today in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region of Ghana.
This comes after our online propagation of paraphernalia to raise awareness about gender-based violence, challenge discriminatory attitudes and call for improved laws and services to end violence against women for good.
The WOM Team set out to spread the word on women’s issues through a float through street and settled at the Pelungu market to engage the public.
Below are sights from the event
Quiz and Giveaways
To encourage the involvement of all and sundry, quiz answerers were rewarded with packs of rice, oil, etc.
Here is Quick Knowledge Test
- Should a widow be forced to perform widowhood rites, if yes/no, why?
- If a widow is being accused of being a witch, what should she do?
- What should you do, by law, if a relative forcefully has sex with your child?
- Do women have the right to inherit the land according to the laws of the country as men?
- Should a widow be denied inheriting the property of her husband if he dies before her?
- Does a widow have the right to choose who she wants to remarry?
- What should a widow do if she is compelled to remarry a male from her late husband’s family?
- Is it right to force a widow to shave her head or bath publicly on refuse dumps?
- What can a community do to support the ending of gender-based violence?
- What is the role of the individual in the fight against gender-based violence?
- What can the community/opinion leaders do to support the end of sexual and gender-based violence?
Some items were also given to identified women.
