The Northern Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Ms Alhassan Bushira has hailed the various roles women played at the family, community, institutional and national levels in combating the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country.
According to her, women stood at the front lines of the COVID-19 crises as health workers, care givers , community organisers and as some of the most exemplary and effective national leaders in combating the pandemic.
Speaking at a coordination programme held in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital on Monday, March 8, 2021, Ms Bushira, stated that women leaders and women s organisations both at the national and international level also demonstrated their skills, knowledge and networks to effectively lead in COVID-19 response and recovery efforts.
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The COVID-19 has increased the risks of sexual and gender-based violence against women in the Northern Region, Madam Bushira Alhassan, Northern Regional Director, Department of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has said.
She said in an epidemic such as the Covid-19, women and girls were at higher risk of experiencing intimation and other forms of domestic violence due to heightened tensions in the household.
Madam Alhassan said this on the International Women’s Day (IWD), organised by her Department, in partnership with the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA), Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Women and Children against Violence (PAORP-VAWG) and Songtaba organisation.