On November 23, 2023, Shea Network Ghana (SNG) in partnership with Norsaac organized a dialogue meeting to identify Positive Role Models in communities such as Larbanga and Kananto in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savanna Region
The one-day event, was held at the West Gonja Municipal Health Directorate in Damongo, organized by Shea Network Ghana in partnership with Norsaac supported by OXFAM Ghana and funded by the Global Affairs Canada
The Positive Role Models, are individuals who reside with them in their various communities but have devoted themselves to Women’s empowerment and the development of their communities in general.
The purpose of identifying such individuals was to encourage others to emulate them and also to motivate such persons to continue supporting wo men, especially with domestic chores and unpaid work
It was also to motivate them to continue working towards reducing and redistributing domestic chores and unpaid work for women to create a safe space for them to get the time to involve themselves in economic and money-making ventures.
The move formed part of the implementation of the Women’s Economic Advancement for Collective Transformation (WEACT) Project that the Shea Network Ghana is implementing with OXFAM Ghana together with several other NGOs.
WEACT is a five-year Activity seeking to reduce and redistribute unpaid care works so that women can also have the time to engage in economic activities leading to their economic empowerment.
The Project is being implemented in 9 districts and in 6 regions (Northern, Savanna, Upper West, Upper East, Western North and Western Regions) sponsored by the global Affairs of Canada (GAC) and supervise by OXFAM Ghana.
Source: www.sheanetworkghana.org/Adam Abdul-Fatawu Wunizoya,Communications Officer