Global Reach: Grantee Partners

NORSAAC

Context:

As is the case with many other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, there are very little official statistics on VYA girls in Ghana. A number of recent publications, however, indicate that around 2% of VYA girls have had sexual intercourse by age 14 (13% by age 15), 2% are married by age 15 and about 1% have given birth by that age. Although VYA girls appear aware of sexual and reproductive health issues or HIV and other conditions they lack in-depth understanding and information and/or rely on equally uninformed peers or siblings.

 

 

About

NORSAAC works to empower rural and marginalised communities by strengthening their capacity to realise their rights and access services. NORSAAC started in 2002 as a community-based organisation raising awareness of HIV/AIDS among youth in schools. It is now a widely respected organisation working on sexual and reproductive rights, women’s rights and governance and livelihoods development. Where many livelihoods programmes in Ghana fail to meet market demand and focus on traditional trades for women, NORSAAC’s approach combines community interventions which challenge stereotypes with a well-rounded training model combining skills development, financial education, mentoring and post-graduation support.

Current Grant

EMpower's 13th grant to NORSAAC will help its Girls Advisory Council (30 young women 20-24) take its work on to the next level of its development by engaging in research, developing an advocacy agenda and engaging local/regional decision-makers on girls programming.

Primary Location: Tamale

Website: http://www.norsaac.org/

Funded Since: 2012

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