CAMFED Ghana has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) to train young women in technical and vocational programmes.
To be implemented over a three-year period, the project adopts the market-driven approach to science, technology and research at GAEC through competency-based training to improve and empower young women for socio- economic development in Ghana.
Under the partnership, GAEC, through its Technology Transfer and Marketing Centre (TTMC), shall provide space for training of young women in welding, flower farming, composting, electronics, block moulding, among others.
GAEC will also provide learning materials and facilitators for the training of the young women. Also, GAEC and CAMFED Ghana shall collaborate to recruit young women for the training and work on jointly mainstreaming gender into GAEC’s training curriculum as part of curriculum review.
In her remarks at the signing ceremony, National Director of CAMFED Ghana, Sally Ofori Yeboah, indicated that as an organisation, CAMFED accepts the widely-held belief that in the development sector, no single organisation has all the answers. “It takes collaboration and working partnerships with like-minded organisations to achieve set goals and objectives. This is why CAMFED continues to seek and forge partnerships with a wide range of organisations,” she stressed.
She added, “the collaborations and partnerships we have developed are in tandem with our goal of forging mutually-beneficial working partnerships that provide a range of resources, expertise, data and knowledge that contribute to effective program delivery. The goal is to ensure that the interest of our clients, the young women we work for, is adequately served.”
Mrs. Ofori-Yeboah stated that the establishment of the working partnership with GAEC is within the framework of programmes that CAMFED is implementing in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. CAMFED, she announced, is currently an implementing partner of the Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works strategy. The Young Africa Works strategy focuses on finding solutions to the youth employment challenge and reducing poverty in Africa. The target of the Young Africa Works strategy is to enable 30 million young people in Africa, especially women, to secure dignified and fulfilling work by 2030.
According to Mrs. Ofori Yeboah, component three of CAMFED‘s six component program will focus on the TVET sector, with a reach target of 3,250 young women to be supported to start and grow businesses in the TVET space.
Mrs. Ofori-Yeboah believes that CAMFED’s working partnership with GAEC will contribute to promoting increased participation of females in the TVET sector and fulfilling national and international education goals, particularly Goal 4 of the new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which seeks to ensure inclusive and equitable education and promote quality education and life-long learning opportunities for all.
The Deputy Director General of GAEC, Prof. Shiloh Osai, who signed on behalf of the organization, stated that GAEC believed in supporting young women to become self- reliant.
He seized the opportunity to explain that GAEC does not only focus on nuclear science and technology, but also on other important areas that contribute to nation-building.
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