SIGRA, Department of Gender train partner districts on gender responsive planning, budgeting
The SIGRA initiative and the Department of Gender in Ghana's Volta Region have trained local district officials on gender-responsive planning and climate adaptation. The workshop provided tools to integrate gender and climate data into municipal budgets and action plans.
Why it matters
Incorporating gender-disaggregated data into local governance is a key strategy for ensuring climate adaptation policies effectively support marginalized populations.
The Strengthening Investments in Gender-Responsive Climate Adaptation (SIGRA) initiative, in partnership with the Department of Gender in the Volta Region, has conducted training sessions for partner districts on gender-responsive planning and budgeting.
The training focused on incorporating gender equality and climate adaptation into the Annual Action Plans and Composite budgets of the partner Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).
The training also looked at the impacts of climate change on local development, vulnerability of women, children and marginalized groups, climate adaptation and resilience concepts, District-level adaptation interventions using the draft Regional Climate adaptation plan.
A total of 30 participants were trained in the partner districts including Akatsi North and Anloga District.
The three-day workshop provided the district's planning coordinating units and stakeholders with effective and practical tools and strategies to enhance the collection, analysis and reporting of sex, age, and gender-disaggregated data.
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