Empowered Women

  • Education and Health Promotion
  • Livelihoods development, Agriculture and Food security
  • Environmental Security, Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation
  • Gender Empowerment and Social Inclusion
  • Peace Building, Conflict Resolution/Management

Who we are

Center for Women Opportunities Ghana-CENWOPP LBG (CENWOPP-Ghana) was registered in 2009 as a Ghanaian non-governmental organization and rebranded and registered in 2023 with the Registrar General’s Department of Ghana under the Companies Act 1963 (Act 179) with registration number CG034480423 and Tax Identification Number (TIN) C0062831089. The organization works to improve the environment, lives and livelihoods of the vulnerable, disadvantaged and excluded in Northern Ghana. CENWOPP-Ghana places special focus on working alongside poor women, children and local communities because, equipped with the proper resources, they have the power to contribute towards alleviating poverty and diseases of societies at large to create the needed peace. The extremely vulnerable with least economic and social opportunities are at the heart of CENWOPP- Ghana’s community-based efforts to improve agriculture production and value chains, market systems development and food security, promote gender equity, carry out health advocacies, promote biodiversity conservation and livelihoods development and promote peace building and conflict resolution in order to expand economic opportunities.

Operational Regions & Districts

The organization currently operates in four out of the five regions in Northern Ghana namely:

  • Upper West
  • Northern
  • Savannah Region
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Our Mission

To strengthen the capacities of Women, Men, Youth and vulnerable groups and their communities in Northern Ghana to participate effectively in decision making processes as responsible citizens for the accelerated development of the areas through the stimulation, facilitation, support and provision of relevant resources.

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Our Values

The acronym of CENWOPP core values is CRITA as indicated below:

  • Commitment
  • Respect
  • Integrity
  • Transparency
  • Accountability

Overall Objective:

Our overall objective is to promote sustainable and equitable development of the deprived, poor and vulnerable
communities and individuals to reflect social justice in the operational areas. Specifically, CENWOPP Ghana seeks to achieve the following:

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To facilitate the improvement of the livelihoods of the people especially women, youth and the vulnerable in an integrated manner through capacity building programs.

In collaboration with other relevant stakeholders advocate for the development and implementation of relevant policies in the area of livelihoods, environment, Health and agriculture by holding duty bearers accountable.

To facilitate the creation of relevant spaces for right holders to engage with duty bearers.

Peace Building & Conflict Management Interventions.

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