Hen Mpoano, a Coastal Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Sri Lanka, committed to ensuring sustainable management of coastal resource and marine ecosystems has purposed to eliminate all forms of violence against women in the marine fisheries sector.
This, they intend to do through the Women in Fisheries Against Violence (WIFVEs) project funded by the European Union (EU) with Central and Western Fishmongers Improvement Association (CEWEFIA) as its partner.
The three-year project aims to achieve gender equality in fishing by advocating against Gender-Based Violence (GBC), abuse and discrimination in Ghana’s Marine fisheries sector.
Mrs Adiza Ama Owusu, Project Manager of the WiFVEs project said the project had been designed to be implemented in 18 Marine fishing communities in the Central and Western Regions.
Addressing stakeholders at a validation workshop on a baseline assessment and GBV analysis conducted as part of the project, she indicated that the project would develop the capacity of all including leaders of fisherfolk in preventing and responding to GBV in their fishing communities.
She said it would also give entrepreneurship and livelihood skills to women at risk and victims of GBV in the two Regions.