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SWAA GHANA PARTICIPATES IN THE 16TH ICASA CONFERENCE
On 17 and 18 November, the President of SWAA Ghana, Ms. Nancy Ansah and the Immediate Pats President, Mrs. Cecilia Senoo,joined 129 people from 24 countries and 4 continents gathered
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The President Attends the International Female Condom Conference
On 17 and 18 November, the President of SWAA Ghana, Ms. Nancy Ansah and the Immediate Pats President, Mrs. Cecilia Senoo,joined 129 people from 24 countries and 4 continents gathered
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UNFPA and SWAA Ghana Organises Capacity Workshop For Kayayee
Accra, Oct. 12, GNA – Ms Nancy Ansah, President of the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA) Ghana, has noted that the global population increase of seven billion has necessitated the need to improve women’s reproductive health.
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The President Participates in the 50th Ordinary Session of the African Commission
The President, Ms. Nancy Ansah, honoured an invitation to The Gambia to participate in a forum on the participation of NGOs in the 50th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights and the 24th African Human Rights Book Fair.
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SWAA Ghana HIV Clubs in Tertiary Institutions
SWAA Ghana, with support from the Global Fund, has formed 4 HIV clubs in four tertiary institutions in Ghana namely; University of Development Studies
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Society for Women and Aids in Africa (SWAA) Ghana is a branch of SWAA International, a Pan African Women’s organization with its headquarters in Senegal.

SWAA International was born out of a conference in Stockholm, Sweden; where a few African women came together and recognized that in Africa, there was a need to focus on the NGO sector and women in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

SWAA Ghana was established in 1990 and has since then been actively involved in education and advocacy programs on HIV/AIDS.

SWAA is committed to reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and children in Africa.

The membership of SWAA is made up of men and women from many diverse backgrounds like the media, NGOs, religious groups, local entrepreneurs such as seamstresses, hairdressers, farmers and market women.

Other members include professional women, and people from academia including university students and researchers. It is non-denominational and includes women of all faiths such as Islam and Christianity. Networks of People Living with HIV/AIDS are an integral part of SWAA.

The mission of SWAA Ghana is to advocate on behalf women, children and families in the fight against HIV/AIDS, and mobilize communities by strengthening their capacity to control, prevent and mitigate the impact of the epidemic.

SWAA’s vision is to have a world free of HIV/AIDS where African Women can be empowered to claim equal rights and access to health care, education, economic and socio-cultural opportunities.

SWAA at all times in undertaking all its programmes and activities adhere to the following values:

  • We involve women at all stages of our programme design and implementation
  • All our programmes and interventions are targeted at vulnerable groups
  • We ascribe to the rights-based approach in all our programmes and interventions
  • We ascribe to the gender-based approach in all our programmes and interventionsv
  • Our work and interventions take into consideration the socio-cultural context of our communities.
  • Sustainability is at the core of all our programme design and implementation.
  • We adhere to high standards of accountability, transparency and good corporate governance.

SWAA Ghana’s main objectives are to sensitize, educate and raise the awareness of Ghanaian women, especially rural Ghanaian women with regards to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and related issues.

SWAA also aims to undertake AIDS control activities that will be more acceptable and receptive to the Ghanaian woman based on her socio-cultural and educational background.

Additionally, SWAA examines ways of working with existing women’s organizations, National AIDS control programme and other NGOS in the fight against the AIDS epidemic, and to promote the reproductive health of Ghanaian women in general.

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