The overarching objective of the African Women Decade is to mobilise and accelerate the achievement of previously established international, regional and sub-regional declarations, protocols and conventions (CEDAW, BPfA, MDGs, SDGEA, GEWE to name a few), with emphasis on "grassroots" approaches. It is from these previous commitments that 10 pervasive themes were carefully selected. Each year of the coming decade will focus on one of the following themes:
- Fighting poverty and promoting economic empowerment of women and entrepreneurship
- Agriculture and food security
- Health and maternal mortality
- Education, science and technology
- Environment and climate change
- Peace and security and violence against women
- Governance and legal protection
- Finance and gender budgets
- Women in decision making positions
- Young women movement
In order to ensure the success of this initiative, the African Fund for Women, launched in 2009, will mobilise various established grassroots capacity building projects. WiLDAF Ghana along with its regional partner in Togo is among the projects selected.
Back...WiLDAF- Ghana Trains another set of Health Legal Literacy Volunteers
The Civil Society fund under the Social Development Civil Society Funds, formerly known as the small Grants Program, complements and facilitates the social development agenda of the World Bank through civic engagement.
WiLDAF Ghana marks International Women's & Commonwealth Day
International Women's Day (IWD) and Commonwealth Day (CWD), two internationally recognized events were celebrated this past March with the aim of applauding the accomplishments of women, and illustrating the struggles that still remain in achieving gender equality. To draw attention to these organized events, WiLDAF Ghana was represented on several televised broadcasts.
Women as Agents of Change
WiLDAF Ghana asked several local women their thoughts on how women act as agents of change.
International Women's Day - A Grassroots Approach
WiLDAF Ghana marked the centennial celebration of International Woman's Day this past March 8th, by asking local women of all ages their opinions about the occasion; any advice they could herald; their thoughts on what remains to be done for the advancement of women.