Young African Women Congress Network Nigeria Chapter Hosts Summit on Women’s Economic Empowerment
In a bid to foster economic empowerment and advancement for women in Nigeria, the Young African Women Congress (YAWC) Network Nigeria Chapter has held its annual National Summit themed “Positioning Women for Economic Takeoff in the 21st Century” on Saturday April 6, 2024, at the grand Marriott Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos. The summit, spearheaded by...
Petition to intervene in the Early Child Marriage of Naa Okromo of Nungua, Accra.
To: Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Ghana; Ghana Police Service; Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ghana; Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Ghana; and Ministry of Education, Ghana. We, the members of the Young African Women Congress (YAWC) Network urgently petition for the immediate intervention and prohibition of the early...
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On Monday 25th March, the Young African Women Congress Network, Ghana Chapter paid a courtesy call on the Managing Director of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) in Ghana, Dr Edwin Alfred Provençal.  The purpose of the visit was to commend him and his company for the amazing work they are doing to enhance...
STATEMENT FROM THE YOUNG AFRICAN WOMEN CONGRESS (YAWC) NETWORK TO CONDEMN GAMBIAβS MOVE TO OVERTURN LANDMARK BAN ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
The move by the Gambian Parliament to vote on a bill repealing the ban against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) adopted in 2015 is very worrisome and the YAWC Network in solidarity with other Female Rights Activists and organizations is condemning this action in the strongest terms. Adoption of this bill will water down the significant...
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The Young African Women Congress Network, Ghana Chapter has paid a courtesy call on the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office, Commissioner of Police Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah at her office in Accra. The YAWC Network delegation which was led by the Ghana Chapter President, Matilda Hammond was warmly received by the...
YAWC Network Liberia Chapter held a day-long Christmas Outreach
YAWC Network Liberia Chapter on today held a day-long Christmas outreach at the Christian Relief Ministry, a local orphanage and underprivileged home in Duport Road- Paynesville, Liberia. As part of the day’s event, members of the organization donated food and non-food items to the Management ofΒ the Institution ahead of the Christmas celebration. Items donated...
Nyanquellah Livingstone: Reforming the Downcast- YAWC Network
Nyanquellah Livingstone is a member of the YAWC Network, Liberia Chapter. She is a Nurse, Mental Health Clinician and an Evangelist. Livingstone runs a Non-profit Organization named βRaising Godly Generationβ in Liberia. The organization aims to support substance abusers, street children, people with mental health problems and disadvantaged women and girls in the community. Raising...
YAWC Network Leadership To Hold Extraordinary Summit On Cameroon Crises
The Young African Women Congress (YAWC) Network Leadership will hold an extraordinary summit to discuss the on-going crises in the two Anglophone regions in Cameroon. This follows recent killings of children who were in school and it is believed to be related to a long standing misunderstanding between the regions. In a letter written to...
#justice4uwa:Uwa’s Killers Found
Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, a student of UNIBEN in Nigeria who was raped and killed in church will find the justice she deserves even after her death. The death of Uwa came as a shock and a disheartening one as such, judging from how she was cruelly murdered. As the case was followed up by the...
Teenage Pregnancy and Early Child Marriage
Early Child Marriage and Teenage Pregnancy are two issues that have regrettably come to stay in our local communities. They have become so common as to the norm in some places with rural and coastal Ghana recording quite alarming rates. It has not yet been established why their occurrence seem to be prevalent in these...
SEX FOR JOB: A lady recount her experience
One faithful morning, ten years back, I was on my way for an interview. While in a public vehicle, I met up with a classmate I have not seen for over five years. We talked throughout the journey, and I told her I was on my way for an interview, hoping this time around, I...
Nyanquellah Livingstone: Reforming the Downcast- YAWC Network
Nyanquellah Livingstone is a member of the YAWC Network, Liberia Chapter. She is a Nurse, Mental Health Clinician and an Evangelist. Livingstone runs a Non-profit Organization named βRaising Godly Generationβ in Liberia. The organization aims to support substance abusers, street children, people with mental health problems and disadvantaged women and girls in the community. Raising...
Young African Women Congress Network Nigeria Chapter Hosts Summit on Women’s Economic Empowerment
In a bid to foster economic empowerment and advancement for women in Nigeria, the Young African Women Congress (YAWC) Network Nigeria Chapter has held its annual National Summit themed “Positioning Women for Economic Takeoff in the 21st Century” on Saturday April 6, 2024, at the grand Marriott Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos. The summit, spearheaded by...
Petition to intervene in the Early Child Marriage of Naa Okromo of Nungua, Accra.
To: Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Ghana; Ghana Police Service; Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ghana; Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Ghana; and Ministry of Education, Ghana. We, the members of the Young African Women Congress (YAWC) Network urgently petition for the immediate intervention and prohibition of the early...
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On Monday 25th March, the Young African Women Congress Network, Ghana Chapter paid a courtesy call on the Managing Director of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) in Ghana, Dr Edwin Alfred Provençal.  The purpose of the visit was to commend him and his company for the amazing work they are doing to enhance...
STATEMENT FROM THE YOUNG AFRICAN WOMEN CONGRESS (YAWC) NETWORK TO CONDEMN GAMBIAβS MOVE TO OVERTURN LANDMARK BAN ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
The move by the Gambian Parliament to vote on a bill repealing the ban against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) adopted in 2015 is very worrisome and the YAWC Network in solidarity with other Female Rights Activists and organizations is condemning this action in the strongest terms. Adoption of this bill will water down the significant...
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The Young African Women Congress Network, Ghana Chapter has paid a courtesy call on the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office, Commissioner of Police Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah at her office in Accra. The YAWC Network delegation which was led by the Ghana Chapter President, Matilda Hammond was warmly received by the...
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