Black Soap from Shea butter and Baobab Potash is the introduction to the soap-making industry. The Widows and Orphans Movement (WOM) is finding new ways to economically empower women.The cost of materials for making soap has shot up in recent times. Thus, the need to find indigenous ways for the women they have trained in...
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...
“My son was an auto-mechanic apprentice for six years because I could not afford to pay for his passing out ceremony and to buy the tools for him to set up his own shop after his first three years of learning. “After we formed the Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) group, I got the...
The Upper East Region has been described as one of the poorest region in Ghana as most of the people are unable to earn $1.29 per a day. This creates a huge burden for the women especially the widows who refuse to participant in widowhood rites after the death of their husbands. This is because...
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,...
The Widows and Orphans Movement (WOM), a Non-Profit Organization has adopted a community-led approach to curb Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the Upper East Region. The approach, known as Community Based Anti-Violence Teams (COMBATs) is made up of volunteers from the Nabdam and Talensi districts who were trained by WOM with support from ActionAid...
The Widows and Orphans Movement (WOM) has taken foodstuffs to some 400 poor people in their homes in the Upper East Region. The 400 donees— who include widows, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and orphans — are among scores of disadvantaged individuals who have been unable to eat sufficient food in the region for a continuous...
