The ECOWAS Gender Development Centre (EGDC) has launched the ECOWAS Gender Observatory (ECOGO) and its gender programmes in Ghana, supported by USAID, UNDP, and GIZ.
ECOGO is a digital platform for tracking gender programmes and gender equality data in ECOWAS member states.
At the launch in Accra, a $245,000 cheque was presented to Ghana for its Obstetric Fistula programme, which focuses on surgery, rehabilitation, awareness, and socio-economic reintegration of survivors.
ECOWAS is supporting eight countries to help eradicate obstetric fistula, a condition affecting thousands of women annually with severe health and social consequences.
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