The success of the Gender and Reproductive Health Program encouraged ACDEP to source for funding and expanded this program to four gender programs under the Anglican Diocesan Development & Relief Organisation (ADDRO), which is a church based NGO working in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
The program which was a two year project started officially in January 2006 and was implemented by ADDRO in collaboration with ACDEP. The program was funded by CORDAID.
The program operated in three communities in the Upper East Region namely; Yelwoko and Binaba in the Bawku West District and Sherigu in the Bolgatanga Municipality. The program was also implemented at the regional and district levels. The Program targeted change at the regional, district and community levels.
Program activities
Media campaign
Training activities for statutory institutions and relevant NGOs
Awareness raising workshops / seminars at district and community level
Documentation and Publications
School outreach programs
Target Group
The target group were largely those who could contribute to a change in the status of women. These were the agencies whose actions affect the gender and reproductive health status of women. These agencies are present at the regional, district and community level. This change is expressed and experienced in the daily life of women and in their relationships at the family and community level. Consequently, the program identified the various actions who should be engaged in this change process. They are enumerated below:
District Level
Ghana Health Service
Ghana Education Service
Department of Social Welfare
Domestic Violence & Victims Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service
Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs
National Commission on Children
National Commission for Civic Education
Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice
Media (radio, print, television)
Religious Organisations, NGOs, and CBOs
Community Level
Community leaders (Chiefs, Magazias, Assembly members)
Religious and other Opinion Leaders
Women, women groups, mothers of young girls, young girls (at home and in school) and youth groups