WADEP (Women and Development Project)

The Women and Development Project WADEP) is located in the northern part of the Volta Region since 1995. This initiative came as a result of the abject poverty which was analyzed as multidimensional, gendered, dynamic, complex and specific as a result of the location of the district. Women bear the brunt of this as result of culture. They work longer hours and days and had limited access to income earning opportunities yet are responsible for meeting the needs of the household.

Women culturally do not make traditional laws but they turn out to be the gatekeepers or custodians even when they are suppressive or detrimental to their development, they faithfully protect it for continuity.

Though there is some improvement in the education of women and they are participating in the labour force they are hardly found in the top hierarchy. Women’s participation in decision making about issues that concern them is still a challenge.