Senegal/Kédougou: 67 Women Trained on Social and Health Protection

On Tuesday, sixty-seven women from the Kédougou region (east) participated in an awareness-raising session as part of the “Strengthening Resilience in Border Areas (RéZo)” program, which focuses on social and health protection.

“This is a joint initiative to raise awareness among women in border communities about social and health protection, with the aim of preventing illness among women in particular and within the community as a whole,” explained the coordinator of the “Strengthening Resilience in Border Areas” program, Diadji Ndiaye.

He was speaking at an awareness-raising workshop for beneficiaries of the “Strengthening Resilience in Border Areas” program, held in conjunction with another GIZ program. Leaders of women’s and community organizations, as well as various other stakeholders, took part in the event.

Diadji Ndiaye explained that the RéZo Program aims to address social and economic challenges in order to promote the resilience of populations in the border areas of Guinea, Mali, and Senegal, with a particular focus on women and youth.

“The goal is to enable communities to better cope with crises by improving their access to basic economic services, strengthening social cohesion, and supporting stronger and more effective cross-border cooperation to better contribute to sustainable regional stability,” he continued.

Women in these cross-border areas also benefited from a workshop on strategies for mobilizing domestic resources to address their social protection needs.

Source: aps.sn/