Gender Model Family concept: The empowering story from Aowin municipality.

The Gender Model Family concept promoted under the Women’s Economic Advancement for Collective Transformation (WEACT) has been accepted and is being practiced by residents in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region. The Gender Model Family gives husbands the knowledge and tools to live equitably with their wives, and to ensure that their boys and girls are given the same opportunities to develop their potential. Through training and follow-up support, men and women are sensitized and mobilized to make the transition from a ‘traditional family’ to a ‘Gender Model Family’ – one that can model change and transformation in society by challenging traditional notions of gender roles and responsibilities.

Friends of the Nation and its partners have been training, and supporting families in the Aowin Municipality make the transition from ‘traditional family’ to a ‘Gender Model Family’

In the household of Mr. and Mrs. Adu, the training is transforming their household for good. Watch as they narrate their inspiring story below.

NANA AKOSUA GYAMFIABA II HONORED: DEDICATES AWARD TO FRIENDS OF THE NATION

The paramount Queen Mother of the Shama Traditional Area, Nana Akosua Gyamfiaba II was honored at the last Ghana Chieftaincy Awards in Cape Coast. She dedicates the award to Friends of the Nation for the support provided her that has enabled her to be a voice for marginalised women and youth including accountability related conversations in her community and Ghana at large.
Watch her in this exciting video

NAFPTA SPEAKS OF OUR IMPACT IN THEIR OPERATIONS

The president of the National Fish Processors and Traders Association (NAFPTA), Mrs. Regina Solomon has commended Friends of the Nation for the capacity enhancement support it has provided to the association after a two-day organizational capacity assessment workshop for the members of the association in Takoradi. According to her, such engagements will position NAFPTA to be a formidable association and contributing positively to the effective governance of the fisheries sector in Ghana.