Africa
THE ECOWAS Gender Development Centre, EGDC, has launched the ECOWAS Gender Observatory, ECOGO, and the EGDC’s programmes in Ghana on September 6, 2024, in Accra, Ghana with support from USAID’s Strengthening Regional Peace and Stability, SRPS, in West Africa Programme, UNDP, and GIZ.
The ECOWAS Gender Observatory is a regional digital platform for the monitoring, evaluation and reporting of ECOWAS gender programmes, projects and activities in member States as well as a gender statistics database on the state of gender equality and women’s empowerment in ECOWAS member State.
As part of the EGDC’s Gender programmes, a cheque of USD245,000 was presented to the Republic of Ghana for the Obstetric Fistula programme.
In 2024, ECOWAS is providing funding support to 8 Member States to contribute towards the eradication of obstetric Fistula from the ECOWAS region. The funds are meant for the four key components of the Fistula programme; surgical repair of women and girls suffering from obstetric Fistula, the socio-economic reintegration of Fistula survivors into their communities, sensitisation campaigns to raise awareness on the causes and prevention of obstetric fistula, and the rehabilitation of national Fistula referral centres.
A.I
Sept. 9, 2024
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