Archives in the category: health and reproductive rights

Mind Freedom Ghana

$10,000 to support outreach programmes on issues of mental health and women’s reproductive health in selected markets in Accra and Tema within the Greater Accra region of Ghana.

Reach for Recovery Ghana

$30,000 to support breast cancer awareness creation, psycho-social support for post-surgery patients and administrative cost.

African Woman Lawyers Association (Ghana)

$10,000 to support the conduct of a content analysis /study of print and electronic media reports for the last 2 years on sexual harassment in tertiary institutions and to conduct interviews with women who have complained of sexual harassment to the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ).

Action for Rural Women’s Empowerment (ARUWE)

$7,000 to promote the use of modern contraceptives as protect against STIs and unwanted pregnancies. This will be done through orienting and expanding networks of village health teams and youth peer educators to deliver basic reproductive health knowledge at the community level.

Justice, Development and Peace Commission

$20,000 to train TBAs (traditional birth attendants), PHEW (Public Health Workers), CHEW (Community Health Workers) and midwives from 3 selected Local Government Areas (LGA) in issues of FGM and counselling as well as to organize awareness creation activities to educate communities on issues of FGM.