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Women's Economic Advancement for Collective Transformation (WEACT) in Ghana The project works to enhance economic empowerment, well -being and inclusive economic growth for women in Ghana. The main issues it addresses include; gender -specific barriers for women's participation in the economic growth, legal and social barriers to women's economic growth, time -poverty of women, reduce unpaid work burden on women, lack of access to business and leadership skills etc. The project is on top of the agenda rising up to the challenge of addressing barriers to women economic empowerment in Ghana. In Ghana, women make up over 40% of the agricultural labour force — a figure that is likely to become even higher as men increasingly exit farming and head to other forms of employment (Oxfam, System Innovation for Women's Economic Empowerment (SIWEE) — Internal report for the inception research in Ghana, 2017). Yet women face many complex barriers, such as prohibitive social norms or restricted access to productive resources, patriarchal structures, the traditional division of labour at the household level and lack of education for women (Vignera and Holmes, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), 2009). As such, in this intervention Oxfam alongside its civil society, governmental and corporate partners will take a systemic approach to tackle the barriers women face seeking to increase the agency and leadership of women to be economically empowered through multiple entry points. This means working collaboratively across stakeholders (women's rights organizations, governments, private sector, civil society, primary change agents, etc.) bringing together the strengths and areas of influence of all these actors to create changes which are transformational in nature and will shift attitudes and behaviours across the agricultural sector in promotion of women economic empowerment (WEE). Over the next 5 years, Oxfam aims to contribute to enhancing economic empowerment, well -being and inclusive economic growth for women, including young women, in the shea and cocoa s
Ghana Maternal Health Transitional Project Started in April 2013, the project seeks to consolidate the successes and progress of an earlier 3 year maternal health project through improved access to ante -natal health services for 1500 pregnant women, increased access of 900 pregnant women to supervised delivery, and improved capacity for 200 health volunteers. This involves community education on maternal health; production and publication of documentary on obstetric fistula; pregnancy schools in 6 communities; resourcing of mid -wives and health volunteers; provision of 6 delivery beds to project community clinics and a shed for weighing babies at Gia Health Post
Promoting Progressive Property Taxation and Tax Compliance in Ghana Since 2018, Oxfam and partners have been working with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the private sector, government agencies and key stakeholders to improve tax transparency, accountability and transparency in the country. The aim of this engagement is to help improve domestic revenue mobilization (DRM) efforts in the country. These engagements were organised under the Ghana Tax Dialogue Project (GHAB10). Building on the phase 1 (The Tax Dialogue) of Oxfam's tax work in Ghana, this (second phase) aims at contributing to increased transparency, accountability, and performance of government tax revenue through active citizenship and civil society engagement and oversight by end of 2023. Oxfam and partners will work together to improve DRM through scaling Oxfam's ongoing initiatives to improve administrative efficiency and accountability and explore creative and technology -led initiatives at both national and sub -national levels in Ghana.
Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights for YoungWomen and Adolescent Girls in Ghana The project will conduct comprehensive sexual education training programs on life skills, gender equality, Gender Based Violence and related topics for Young Women and Adolescent Girls. It will also support groups create or reinforce processes to facilitate access to information on services, to develop a sense of empowerment, control and hope for the vulnerable youth.
Food and Agriculture Recovery Management, Ghana- FARM + This is a 20 -month project implemented in collaboration with CARE International. The project aims to improve the food security situation of 9000 food insecure households in 200 poor communities across five districts in Northern Ghana. The project works with 5 national partners, farmers, community leaders, government, and parliament on policy reforms for increased investment and support to food insecure areas and households. The project involves direct intervention focused on food for work for food insecure households, and advocacy around facilitating engagement of small -scale farmers with agric and food security governance processes in Ghana.
Complementary Basic Education for Out of School Children in Northern Ghana 2300 out of school children should enrol and 50% being girls. 90% of the children enrolled should complete the 9 -month literacy program. At least 50% of the graduate should be girls. At least 57% of those completing should be proficient in numeracy and literacy. 85% of those enrolled should transition to formal basic education. The government of Ghana should commit to fund the sustainability of the Complementary Basic Education (CBE) system
Hempel Wing School Project IV for Out of School Children in Saboba District This will involve mobilizing and training School Management Committees (SMCs) and Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and subsequently facilitating them to form networks that give them strong bargaining spirit and critical voice for influencing. Community activism will not only be helping in securing quality learning outcomes for their children, but also demonstrating this as active citizens. . The project will facilitate access to quality education for children in hard to reach communities. The project will influence government to replicate the model in many more deprived communities.
Education for Change - Transformative Education for Children and Youth in Ghana The scope will include promoting access to basic education, improving the quality of learning outcomes, and enhancing equity by promoting quality education for marginalised children, especially girls and children living in hard to reach communities.  The project scope will also include empowerment of youth to claim their rights under youth development policies and programmes. Budget analysis and advocacy will also be pursued with a view to increasing investment in education, ensuring efficiency in education spending and achieving equity in the use of education resources.
Advocacy for Inclusive Development in Ghana The project aims to place equity and inclusive development at the core of both national and local level development agendas: by generating political economy and gender analysis of inequality in Ghana; building capacity among civil society organizations to influence policy processes geared towards inclusive development and gender equity, including increasing space for policy dialogue; by focusing on influencing the development and implementation of the legal mechanisms, policies and programs in national and sub -national development plans, public budgeting and social audits.
Consolidating Gains for Improved Mining and Petroleum Governance in Ghana This project seeks to promote accountability through citizen activism. More specifically, there would be several major activities. Firstly, there would be a conduct of a training for local level legislators (sub -committee members) on petroleum governance looking at various laws; community rights and engagement; environment; local content and gender issues. Others would focus on women empowerment and gender trainings targeting only women and would centre on equipping them with knowledge and experiences of industry players. Learning and exchange sessions would be held for Community Environmental Monitoring and Advocacy Groups (CEMAGs), partners and academia for networking and advocacy purposes. To consolidate Oxfam's efforts around value -for -money, efforts would also be seen around open contracting, advocacy around extractive resource revenue management particularly the mineral revenue management bill. To connect local -to -national advocacy to regional work, the project would facilitate the conduct of inter - Civil Society Organisation (CSO) and private -sector exchanges, sharing and research work. The overall aim is to promote dialogue; ensure government answers to citizen's needs and rights to resource revenues as well as to national commitments to regional and international commitments. To follow up on election campaign promises by government in 2016, the Extractives Industries (EI) programme seeks to initiate interventions that would engage government through the youth to ask the right questions about the status of implementation of public commitments including the passage of laws on anti -corruption and mineral revenue management. Central to this project would be to further the agenda on livelihoods through the ‘year of agric' initiative that seek to highlight and project women and youth livelihoods particularly in host mining communities. The ultimate aim is to set an agenda of citizen activism and involvement of women in shaping extractive sector decisions; ensure
Active Citizenship for Fiscal Justice Advocacy II in Ghana Through their work, both positions will promote civil society, women and youth to actively demand transparent and accountable public financial management, advocate for political reforms and align their engagement around pro -poor policies with national, regional and global development frameworks and Oxfam's global and regional campaigns (including Even It Up and Fiscal Accountability for Inequality Reduction (FAIR).  They will also lead fiscal policy and advocacy components of Oxfam in Ghana's country strategy through policy analysis, research, strategic advice in support of all campaigns as well as to design and lead implementation of advocacy strategies, especially in relation to the extractive industries, inequality, economic justice, accountable governance, energy sector accountability and progressive taxation advocacy agenda targeting both foreign multinational and local companies. They will also work to support the Civil Society Platform on Economic Governance in Ghana so that the coalition may continue to operate and influence International Monetary Fund (IMF)/Ghana economic cooperation relations to be human centred and enhance governance and ensure successful implementation of The Tax Dialogue in Ghana.
Hempel Wing School Project II for Out of School Children in Saboba District This will involve mobilizing and training School Management Committees (SMCs) and Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and subsequently facilitating them to form networks that give them strong bargaining power and critical voice for policy and practice influencing. Community activism will not only be helping in securing quality learning outcomes for out of school children, but also empowering community members to be as active citizens. The project will facilitate access to quality education for children in hard to reach communities. The project will also influence government to replicate the model in many more deprived communities.
Improving Teaching and Learning outcomes using ICT in Northern Ghana The project is designed to contribute towards improved teaching and learning outcomes at the Girls Model Junior High School (GMJHS) and 8 other public schools in the Northern region of Ghana through the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The project will build the capacity of teachers in the model school, District Teacher Support Team (DTST) members as well as teachers in the 8 other schools in the two districts.
Women's Economic Advancement for Collective Transformation (WEACT) in Ghana The project works to enhance economic empowerment, well -being and inclusive economic growth for women in Ghana. The main issues it addresses include; gender -specific barriers for women's participation in the economic growth, legal and social barriers to women's economic growth, time -poverty of women, reduce unpaid work burden on women, lack of access to business and leadership skills etc. The project is on top of the agenda rising up to the challenge of addressing barriers to women economic empowerment in Ghana. In Ghana, women make up over 40% of the agricultural labour force — a figure that is likely to become even higher as men increasingly exit farming and head to other forms of employment (Oxfam, SIWEE — Internal report for the inception research in Ghana, 2017). Yet women face many complex barriers, such as prohibitive social norms or restricted access to productive resources, patriarchal structures, the traditional division of labour at the household level and lack of education for women (Vignera and Holmes, ODI, 2009). As such, in this intervention Oxfam alongside its civil society, governmental and corporate partners will take a systemic approach to tackle the barriers women face seeking to increase the agency and leadership of women to be economically empowered through multiple entry points. This means working collaboratively across stakeholders (women's rights organizations, governments, private sector, civil society, primary change agents, etc.) bringing together the strengths and areas of influence of all these actors to create changes which are transformational in nature and will shift attitudes and behaviours across the agricultural sector in promotion of women economic empowerment (WEE). Over the next 5 years, Oxfam aims to contribute to enhancing economic empowerment, well -being and inclusive economic growth for women, including young women, in the shea and cocoa sectors in Upper West Region, Upper East Region, Northern Region and Western Region in
Girls Model Junior High School in Northern and Upper East regions in Ghana The overall campaign of the project is to promote the Girls Model Junior High School (JHS) concept to provide equitable opportunities for poor and marginalized girls to assert their fundamental and constitutional rights to quality basic education. The objective of the project is not only to create the space for the girls to access quality education, but also, ensure that many more districts across the country are influenced to use the Model to address the critical challenges of girls education in their localities. The project will have physical presence in the following geographical location; four districts in Upper East and seven districts in Northern Regions of Ghana with an estimated total of 770 girls for two years.
Sustainable Renewable Rural Energy Project in Northern Ghana The project aims to contribute to the fight against poverty inequality by increasing access to affordable and sustainable renewable energy services in rural northern Ghana. The project will provide electricity from solar photovoltaic systems. Three types of systems will be available and these will include solar pumping water for dry season irrigation, solar lighting systems from a single lantern to full solar powered home systems for lighting, radio and TV's and some agro -processing purposes.
Accountable Development Finance in Ghana The project is to support advocacy and influencing initiatives that enhance transparency, accountability and citizens' participation in the broader economic governance discourse in Ghana: covering Fiscal Justice, Public Finance Management (PFM), good extractives resources governance among others. Of particular focus is how such initiatives translate into increased domestic revenue mobilisation and investment in public welfare in the pro -poor sectors of health, education and agriculture that prioritise the needs of women and young people.   In addition, the grant is to fund the salary and administrative expenses of the Program and Campaign Manager, for Active Citizenship & Accountable Governance (ACAG) for Oxfam in Ghana as well as contribute to the salary of the Fiscal Policy Advisor position in Oxfam in Ghana. .
Active Citizenship and Accountable Governance Project in Ghana This project is aimed at supporting advocacy and influencing initiatives that enhance transparency, accountability and citizens' participation in Public Finance Management, good governance as well as deepen local governance and expand civic space. Of particular focus is iinfluencing the policies, programs and projects of International Financial Institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, African Development Bank and others and how such institutions translate their support into increased domestic revenue mobilisation and public investment in public welfare in the pro -poor sectors of health, education, social protection and agriculture.
Climate-Resilient Agricultural and Food Systems in Northern Ghana The project is taking forward and will directly build on the previously funded Unwrapped and Scarcity Fund Project Enhancing Livelihood Security through Climate Adaptation Learning Project (ELCAP) in Ghana that has contributed to the enhancement of the adaptive capacity of women and men small -scale farmers in the North of Ghana and partner organisations to support, lobby and campaign for improved policy and practice changes for small -scale farmers, enabling them both inform and hold accountable relevant institutions at the local level.
Private Sector Advocacy for Responsible Agribusiness Investments in Ghana This project will build the private sector influencing capacity of Oxfam in Ghana and national Civil Society Organizations. (CSOs) to influence and hold accountable Three (3) US/European based Behind the Brand (BtB) companies sourcing cocoa and other agricultural commodities from Ghana and public policies and practices. This will involve strategically engaging and holding BtB companies accountable to their commitments to climate, land, and gender, using Oxfam's methodologies/tools and expertise in private sector engagement and development.  The project will improve accountability of at least Three (3) food and beverage companies' supply chains and increase Oxfam's positioning to engage other large food companies, which are expanding investment in Ghana. The project will contribute to promoting secure and equitable land rights for Cocoa farmers, especially women small holder to benefit from investments, and for Ghanaian society at large to ensure inclusive rural development. To increase social inclusion as well as for productive investment in the rural sector, national and traditional land tenure and land governance policies are targeted.
Promoting Food Security and Agriculture Governance in Ghana The main campaign objective is to ensure more women, youth and men small -scale food producers currently in poverty have stronger voice in food and agriculture policy processes and rights to productive assets and market opportunities for sustainable and dignified lives.  The campaign issues to be addressed include but not limited to: access to social protection, agriculture aid effectiveness, national food security policies, increase public and private investment in smallholder agriculture, land rights and national climate change adaptation and agriculture plans.  The project will contribute to the Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) outcomes by catalysing increased quantity and quality of public and private investment in agriculture in order to secure, improve and sustain the productivity, resilience and well -being of women and other smallholder farmers, their households and communities in Ghana. It further aims to consolidate, leverage, and enhance the impact of commitments made by government and donors in support of smallholder agriculture in Ghana and beyond.  The project will empower women and other smallholder producers' organization, civil society and media with skills to influence and challenge policies and practices that affect them. This will involve engaging in budget advocacy to increase allocation and spending on agriculture, tracking agriculture budgets, convening platforms for policy influencing and good agriculture governance, and building local, national, regional and global alliances to promote investments in agriculture targeting women and other smallholder farmers
Universal Health Care Campaign in Ghana This project aims to support and strengthen existing national campaigns and advocacy on Universal Access to Health Care Campaign (UHCC) in Ghana.  This will be achieved through awareness raising on the limitations of the current National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as a model for financing health care and advocate for its replacement as well as public and political awareness on, and support for UHCC. Awareness will also be raised on the need to scale up and improve service delivery especially in under -served areas. The Campaign will sensitise civil society in Ghana on the ongoing consultations on the post MDG framework.
Advocacy for Improved Policy and Investment on Smallholder Agriculture in Ghana The project aims to ensure more women and men small -scale food producers have stronger voice in food and agriculture policy processes and rights to productive assets and market opportunities for sustainable and dignified lives.  This project will support CSOs and farmers to collectively influence policy and practice for better investment and protection of their livelihood. The policies requiring improvement relate to food security, land management, investment and protection of smallholder agriculture and the lack of exclusive policies that support women's economic position
Sustainable and Empowerment Peace Project in Ghana The project aims at strengthening, coherent, and effective peace building efforts by leveraging and linking locally/ community -led to national level and  inclusion and meaningful engagement of youth and women in peace process and related initiatives. The focus will be on addressing political violence, chieftaincy and land disputes as well as integrating conflict sensitivity in all oxfam in Ghana programming. The geographical coverage include Northern, Ashaniti, Brong -Ahafo and Greater Accra regions of Ghana. Key actors will be Youth and women network at district, regional and national levels, National Peace council, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Oxfam programme leads, Government actors and traditional authorities.
Maternal and Child Health Scale Up Proejct in the Upper East Region of Ghana The project will document and share learning from promising practices with local government authorities and health authorities as well as development partners to scale up and cover the entire Upper East region. The models will include the pregnancy schools in health centres, bi -monthly airtime credit for mobile phones, water points to project community clinics, Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) in basic maternal care, identifying complications and making quick referrals, reproductive health drama to enhance skilled deliveries
Education for Active Citizenship The project will facilitate the capacity building and leadership of rights holders (girls, youth and women) in influencing and campaigns in a manner that addresses the education and training rights of marginalised groups. This will be done through the use of participatory learning and action methods that addresses inequities in education. The project will work with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), think tanks and citizens' groups as partners in mobilising mass support and evidence to influence policies and public spending in favour of transformative education that enhances access, quality and equity/equality in education. All interventions supported by the project will aim at transforming the most marginalised children and youth (with focus on females) into active citizens.