Investing in women’s economic empowerment sets a path for poverty reduction and building healthy families. Not only is the economic empowerment of women a fundamental right, but it’s also a critical foundation for reducing the vulnerability of women and children, especially girls.

A teenage mother from Kpasa, the capital of the Nkwanta North District in the Oti Region is back to school after refusing to get married to the father of her baby to enable her pursued her dream of becoming an actress.

Acquiring education is a fundamental right for every citizen and a prerequisite for professional development and improving the living standards of the citizenry.

As it happens, it is precisely for that reason that some of us pray, daily, that they successfully spread their good-works-footprint, nationwide. The less privileged, amongst our younger generations, need such social impact NGOs. Savana Signatures’ youth empowerment programmes, are really incredibly useful, especially for aspirational rural youth, in Ghana’s base of-the-pyramid demographic, seeking to bootstrap their way out of the poverty trap. Cool

During this period, the demand for essential micronutrients is usually very high for organ formation and the health of the mother.

Maternal mortality rates in Ghana has had a decline from 760 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 319 per 100,000 live births in 2015, Although the country has made significant reduction over the years, it still could not meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) of maternal mortality rate of 190 birth per 100,000 live birth, according to World Bank (Maternal Mortality Data, 2015)

The Project Manager of a Non-Governmental Organisation, Savana Signatures, Raphael McClure Adomey says every child has the right to read and should have materials that make this statement possible.

Asana Fuseini (not real name), an 18-year-old young lady in Tamale, was forced into early marriage when she was preparing to write her Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in 2020.