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Written by the AFAWI Team in Ghana...

.... to be read around the world!

'Family Planning in Ghana: A Path to Women’s Empowerment and Sustainable Development' - by Hannah Smith, 21.07.2024

'As part of the Livelihood Project, the Alliance for African Women Initiative (AFAWI) provides educational seminars to women in urban and rural areas across Ghana. During my internship we arrived in Anloga for a three-day field visit to provide training to 30 women participating in the program. Anloga is a beautiful...' Read More.

'The soft racism of low expectations: cultural difference does not negate the struggle for women’s empowerment' - by Isaac Halpern, 26.02.2024

'Ghana is one of the most beautiful countries I have ever been to. The people were unendingly kind and
generous, jovial and accepting, proud but humble. The fondness with which I spoke of my time in Ghana to friends and family back home prompted them to ask questions which revealed both an excitement to learn about a place they knew very little of, and that...' Read More.

'My experience in Ghana with AFAWI' - by Emiko Kamitsuna, 31.07.2023

'Volunteering at AFAWI has been an eye opening and learning experience for me. Coming from the United States, we take everything for granted and get frustrated when things are not our standard. There are a lot of things that are not US standards here in Ghana. Electricity (since the power goes out often here), toilets, roads, waste system, etc. Here in Ghana many...' Read More.

'Joining the Fight for Women's Empowerment in Ghana: My Experience as a Volunteer with AFAWI' - by Karina Gonzalez, 28.03.2023

'As a volunteer with the Alliance for African Women Initiative (AFAWI), I have seen firsthand the incredible impact that this organization is having on the lives of women and children in the community. AFAWI is dedicated to promoting women's empowerment through economic, social, and health initiatives, and their work is making a real difference...' Read More.

'Why is it challenging for AFAWI to promote Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in Ghana?' - by Isla Leckie, 28.02.2023

'AFAWI strives to promote gender equality through various channels and projects. One branch of AFAWI’s mission is the Empowering Girls Project which focuses on younger generations sexual and reproductive health (SRH) through comprehensive sexual education workshops and improving access to menstruation products in schools in the Greater Accra Region and beyond. However, the topic of sex education is controversial and subject to a heated debate in policy and socio-cultural...' Read More.

'Philip Kwesi Agyei: A Ghanaian who works with women for women' - by Hala Mobaydeen, 31.01.2023

'Definitions of the term empowerment are varying, but it can be thought of by and large as the ability to make choices and constitute changes. For one to be able to be empowered, they must have been disempowered in the first place (Naila, 2005). The usage of the term empowerment and more specifically, women’s empowerment, has gained huge momentum in the development sphere. It first...' Read More.

'Has the term ‘women’s empowerment’ just become another buzzword in the development sphere?' - by Kayla Fillipovich, 02.01.2023

'How has AFAWI and other Ngo’s been affected by Ghana becoming a lower-middle-income country (LMIC)' - by Isla Leckie, 28.11.2022

'Currently, a pressing issue for AFAWI as a grassroots Ghanian based NGO is funding. AFAWI uses four main funding streams: project-based funding by partner institutions, private and corporate donations, membership programme and fundraising. A majority of this funding is received from outside Ghana, though this has been recently seriously..' Read More.

'Mental health in Ghana : stigma, discrimination and superstition' - by Perrine Maillot, 31.10.2022

'On June 24th, I hosted a presentation in front of a class full of students on mental health and the stigma around it. I was aware of how sensitive a topic it was and took every precaution to ensure the information in the presentation was correct and relevant to schoolchildren aged 9 to 17. I was adamant on presenting such a topic as it is near and dear to my hard but...' Read More.

'How does Ghana’s e-governance impact the ability for women to be empowered?' - by Hannah Pain, 09.09.2022

'At the Fourth World Conference on Women in 2000, a significant turning point for the global agenda for gender equality, it was acknowledged that women should be empowered by enhancing their skills, knowledge, and access to ICT as this will strengthen their ability to gain employment, narrow the gender gap and...' Read More.

'Bridging the gender gap in schools to achieve sustainable development' - by Emma Ridley, 05.07.2022

'Children’s education in sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of education exclusion. 9 million girls between 6 and 11 years-old have never attended school, compared to 6 million boys, and gender differences in schools become more obvious during secondary education, even in wealthy households. The Ministry of Education (2015) declares that...' Read More.

AFAWI BLOG Written by the AFAWI Team in Ghana... .... to be read around the world!