25th November to 10th December each year, the United Nations observes 16 Days of Activities against sexual and gender-based violence. To mark the end of the observation of the 16 Days of Activism for 2022, the Widows and Orphans Movement embarked on a march and Public Sensitization Exercise in the Nabdam District of the Upper...
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...
We celebrated this year’s International Widows Day with an evetn at the Catholic Social Centre in Bolgatanga. Below are photos from the event. Also read: 2022 International Widows Day: Address by Ms Fati (Executive Director) Also Read: Communiqué by Widows in the Upper East Region Against Injurious Widowhood Rites
We the widow’s network in the Upper East Region do commend the effort of the government in ratifying, formulating and rolling out legislation and policy that promotes and upholds the rights of widows and their children.International conventions such as the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); Convention against Torture...
Today is International Widows Day and WOM is marking it with an event at the Catholic Social Centre in Bolgatanga. Below is the welcome address delivered by Our Executive Director, Ms. Fati Abigail Abdulai at the event. Honourable Chair, the Regional Minister, The president of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs and his elders,...
Over the years CSOs, NGOs, state organizations, and the media have advocated for the passage and subsequent implementation of the Domestic Violence Act 732 and L.I. 2237. Key to the issues being worked on has been the need for a functional fund to support survivors of violence who earn below the minimum wage to access...
Together with actionaid Ghana, we celebrated the International Widows Day in Bolgatanga today We bring you a few snaps of today’s match 500 plus About five hundred (500) enthusiastic women turned out for the float through the streets of Bolgatanga. Theme We celebrate this year’s day under the theme “inclusion of the invisible women and...
Fati Abigail Abdulai, our National Director delivered a telling speech today at the Catholic Social Change, as we celebrated the 2018 International Widows Day The occasion kick started with a match through the streets of Bolgatanga Fati WATCH PHOTOS OF EVENT HERE Full speech Honorable Chair, the Regional Minister, heads of department present, Action Aid...
