NGO empowers 30 households on gender action skills in Bauchi

From Ahmad Muhammad, Bauchi

An NGO, Attah Sisters Helping Hands Foundation (ASHHF) with funding from Women for Women International (WFWI) has empowered 30 households on gender action learning skills in Bauchi and Ganjuwa local government areas of Bauchi State.

Speaking at the end of the 10 days training of the households, Mrs Comfort Attah, Executive Director (ED) of the Foundation at weekend in Bauchi, said 15 households from Ganjuwa and 15 households from Bauchi LGAs, were trained under the Gender Action Learning System (GALS) project. 

Attah said Gender Action Learning System focuses specifically on changing gender transformation linking change at individual, household, community and macro-levels.

“It develops participatory visioning and planning skills and strengthens social networks for women and men at all levels.

“It includes livelihoods, value chain, leadership, organizational development, financial services, food security, environment, civil society development and conflict resolution”.

Attah explained that GALS tools are mainstreamed in organizations and with multiple stakeholders to increase effectiveness of any development process and produce information for gender justice advocacy.

“Developing gender action learning skills of vulnerable stakeholder groups in the value chain, to enable them to identify and implement sustainable strategies to increase incomes, resources, economic choices and negotiation power,” she said.