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...
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WOM & OXFAM 2022 “16 Days of Activism” Campaign
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...
Event Photos: International Widows Day 2022
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
2022 International Widows Day: Address by Ms Fati (Executive Director)
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,...
Upper East Regional Support Fund For Victims Of Abuse: APPEAL FOR FUNDS
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...
2018 International Widows Day speech by Fati A. Abdulai (National Director – WOM)
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...