As part of activities to strengthen development cooperation between Israel and Ghana, the State of Israel’s Embassy, will from Monday, July 9 to Friday, July 20, host Dr Michal Sela, a MASHAV resource trainer in Accra.
MASHAVI is Israel’s Agency for International Development and Cooperation.
A statement issued by the Israeli Embassy and copied to the Ghana News Agency said Dr Sela would lead a series of workshops and dialogue programmes to contribute to Ghana’s efforts and processes to socially and economically empower women.
It said Dr Sela is the former Chief Director of Women’s Lobby in Israel and currently an advocator and trainer for women sensitivity and entrepreneurship.
It noted that her expertise ranges from community mobilisation and local leadership development to organizational development; women's rights, empowerment, education and gender mainstreaming; management of social and educational entrepreneurship; and project management.
The statement said about 30 women from different career backgrounds, levels and belonging to different social groups would benefit from the initiative by Israel’s Agency for International Development and Cooperation (MASHAV) in collaboration with the Network of Women in Growth (NEWIG), Amicus Onlus, Inner-City Development Foundation (IDF), Oaks and Wuuds and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
It said the workshops would focus on areas such as gender sensitivity, women as agents for change, women as business entrepreneurs, mentorship among others.
It said at the end of the workshops, it was envisaged that, these women would be equipped with tools and skills that would help them become change agents in their respective communities in the spheres of entrepreneurship as well as overcome obstacles, specifically related to their professions.
The statement said Dr Sela would also have the opportunity to engage in a series of dialogues with other executive and professional women in Ghana to share experiences and ideas on women’s issues in Ghana and Israel.
It mentioned that other women to benefit from Dr Sela’s workshops included the Women’s Caucus of Parliament; adding that this would be led by Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection.
It said the Executive Women Network session would be led by Mrs. Edith Dankwa, the Chief Executive Officer of the Business and Financial Times
The Embassy expressed the hope that, these collaborations would pave way for possible long-term cooperation between MASHAV and Ghana in the areas of women's personal, economic and social empowerment at different levels (governmental, civil society and private sector).
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