Alinea International Ltd

Purpose

The project seeks to reduce the heavy, unequal and unfair burden of unpaid and paid care work (UPCW) borne by women and girls (W&Gs) in northern Ghana. U-CARE will work with key stakeholders such as the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), national policy makers and district assemblies to map UPCW in northern Ghana and create an enabling policy and programming environment to recognize, reduce and redistribute UPCW in ten northern districts. The Canadian Executing Agency (CEA), Alinea International, will deliver the project in collaboration with two key local partners: Social Enterprise Development Foundation (SEND) Ghana and Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT). Key project activities include: (1) facilitating government policy and service provision through the utilization of time use data; (2) supporting grassroots actions to redistribute care at the household and community levels through the use of Gender Model Families (GMFs); (3) supporting women’s rights organizations (WROs) from regional to district level to undertake a National Advocacy Strategy on UPCW; and (4) supporting local entrepreneurs and women-led businesses to develop and market new goods and services to reduce the burden of UPCW for W&Gs.