In 2020, GSHRDC received a grant from the African Women’s Development Fund to implement a project in Agona East and West District in the Central Region. The 9-months project, ‘COMBATs: A community structure to prevent Violence against Women and Girls’ begun on 16th March and ended on 16th December 2020.
The aim of the project was to
- Establish and strengthen community structures to prevent and respond to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in 10 Communities in Agona East and Agona West Districts of the Central Region of Ghana.
- Train community members who will constitute the Community-Based Action Team (COMBAT) which will support the community to undertake advocacy on community specific issues relating to VAWG.
- Engage and support traditional leaders to come out with statements or bye-laws prohibiting VAWG
- Increase awareness of community members on VAWG in a bid to change social norms that perpetuate VAWG and improve community support to women and girls to access justice and other needed services
- Enhance the capacity of 20 media personnel to effectively report on GBV