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Regional news for Sunday March 7, 2021
Source: GNA
03/07/2021
The project aims to promote gender equality in the municipality of Kpone-Katamanso
Women, Media and Change (WOMEC), a non-governmental organization, launched the TurningPoint (Gender Transformative Programming) project to promote gender equality in the municipality of Kpone-Katamanso.
An analysis of the WOMEC situation carried out in the commune with the inhabitants revealed an increase in gender-based violence and teenage pregnancies, requiring the project.
Ms. Dulcie Delali Attipoe, WOMEC Programs Coordinator, who initiated the project, said the young people clearly understood the importance of education.
However, there is a need to target young girls with special projects to help them focus on education.
Ms Attipoe, who is also the project coordinator for the GTP TurningPoint project, said: “We are working with the health and education branch in the region. girls to become peer educators. “
The WOMEC report, available from the Ghana News Agency, also showed that the rate of teenage pregnancies is on the rise due to COVID-19.
In addition, the pandemic has also brought hardship and increased crime in the community.
The WOMEC report, however, found that COVID-19 has improved hygiene and changed people’s lifestyles.
WOMEC believes that implementing a women’s empowerment and mentoring program would create a way for girls to network and foster information exchange, build capacity and empower girls. strive to reach higher heights in society.
The GTP TurningPoint project, funded by Global Affairs Canada through Plan International, as part of the Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Ghana project, is expected to last three years.
The project aims to empower adolescent girls and boys in schools in the municipality of Kpone-Katamanso through clubs promoting gender equality.
It would use innovative approaches to strengthen 14 gender clubs to empower adolescent girls to make informed choices about their lives.
The GTP TurningPoint project will also sensitize some high school students, especially boys, to become gender champions to positively influence their peers to become gender sensitive.
Ms Millicent Caesar, deputy director of the education directorate, said the project would help change the lives of women and girls by making their voices heard.
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