About Us

  • A help to those who need it

DWoSO - Developing Women for Skills and Opportunities Initiative

is a feminist organization that centers all self­ identifying women and girls through education and advocacy, poverty eradication programs and skill development. With its focus on women and girls development, the organization has a defined target group being rural women, unemployed women, the girl child, women and girls living with all forms of disabilities, women and girls living with HIV/AIDS, and Queer women.

We strongly believe that feminism is for everybody; Hence, we encourage all persons from diverse backgrounds to participate in meaningful conversation and activities that will help us dismantle the patriarchy

DWoSO is a member of Network for Women’s Right Ghana

Our Focus

1

Sexual and Gender Based Violence

2

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

3

Climate, Economic and Social Justice

4

Women's Leadership

5

Girl's Mentorship

Vision

To have a just world that promotes and protects the rights of women, girls and other marginalized groups.

Mission

To support rural women and girls through education and advocacy, economic and social justice to achieve gender equality​

Core Values

  • Equality

  • Integrity

  • Competence

  • Social and Economic justice.

  • Service

  • Inclusivity

Focus

  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence

  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

  • Climate, Economic and Social Justice

  • Women’s Leadership

  • Girls’ Mentorship

Our Feminist Principles

  • Centre all women and girls

  • Accountable to women and girls 

  • Amplify women and girls’ voices to challenge systemic inequalities

  • Adopt an intersectional approach throughout our programs

  • Meaningful collaborations

Intergenerational Leadership Strategies

    • We place different generations on projects together so that their work complements one another.

    • We have open communication channel amongst team members and volunteers

    •  We respect each others view points except it oppresses other minority groups 

Our Story

Here at DWoSO Initiative, we’re committed to investing our expertise and resources in order to further achieve our cause. Since 2017, we’ve been supporting women and in a variety of ways and measuring our success not by monetary size, but by more qualitative measurements such as the scale and effectiveness of our efforts. Just imagine what we can achieve together! .
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