Empowering Women

Enabling rural women in Ghana to thrive through vocational training and entrepreneurship support

About Us

Established in January 2002, the Network of Women in Growth (NEWIG) Ghana is a skills-development, non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to providing vocational and entrepreneurial training, specialist advice, and support to a diverse range of clients in small-scale enterprise development. Since its inception, NEWIG Ghana has boldly reached out to marginalized rural women across all regions of Ghana, with the support of partner organizations and collaborators, while leveraging internally generated resources. NEWIG Ghana has a proven track record of transforming the lives of its target groups throughout Ghana.

Over the past 20 years, NEWIG Ghana has trained more than 8,000 women, primarily those living in rural areas who are non-literate or semi-literate, unemployed, and struggling small-scale entrepreneurs. Today, over 60% of our beneficiaries run their own viable businesses, contributing economically to their families and communities. Our offerings include vocational training, entrepreneurial programs, and specialist advice to women in need. Our skills training projects encompass soap making, cosmetics, and fashion, empowering women with the practical skills needed for sustainable income generation.

In addition to skills training, NEWIG Ghana conducts women’s empowerment workshops, financial literacy training, leadership development programs, and mentorship initiatives. These programs are designed to holistically support women in building their capacities, enhancing their leadership skills, and improving their financial management abilities.

Our projects, implemented through the support of various partners over the years, include entrepreneurship support, skills training in areas such as soap making, cosmetics, and fashion, and initiatives like Women in Professional Driving, Women in Construction, and Greenhouse Farming. Each of these projects provided women with the necessary skills and opportunities to thrive in diverse professional fields, thus promoting gender equality and economic empowerment.

NEWIG Ghana remains committed to its mission of empowering women to achieve economic independence and contribute meaningfully to their communities.

Our Vision

A society where women are free from poverty and inequality, and actively participate in determining their wellbeing in a dignifying and supportive society.

Our Mission

To train and support women with skills for their economic empowerment, rights assertiveness, protection from violence and political participation.

Values

Commitment
Inclusiveness
Self-drive
Transparency
Results
Volunteerism

NEWIG

Our Work

Entrepreneurial Development Programs

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Commercial/Professional Driving Skills

Women in Construction

Vocational Skills

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Economic Governance

Enterprise Creation & Business Management

Employability Skills

Gender/Women Rights Program

Women in Political Participation

Youth Leadership

Our Approach

NEWIG works with women and for women. We identify skill gaps in women and women groups or businesses and work hand in hand to improve their skills. These skills include leadership, business, management and marketing skills. We then design training modules to assist women learn or acquire these needed skills. Our aim is to create sustainable JOBS.

Programme activities (Skills Training Areas)

Dress Making
Soap Making
Beads Making
Masonry
Carpentry
Plumbing
General electricals
Air-conditioning installation and Refrigeration repairs
Draughtsmanship

Our Success Story

Over the past 22 years, NEWIG has diligently mobilized resources and partners to provide skills training for thousands of Ghanaian women in both vocational and professional domains. This collective effort has resulted in the creation of jobs among over 7000 women and has positively impacted various communities across Ghana. The spectrum of training we have offered includes vocational skills with a focus on catering, beads and jewelry, fabric designing popularly known as batik and tye-dye.

10 years ago, NEWIG initiated a programme that focused on providing non-traditional skills and training focusing on increasing women in male-dominated trade areas dubbed the “Non- traditional livelihood programme”. This project in partnership with the EMpower and African Women Development Fund birthed projects such as “NEWIG Young Women In Professional Driving”, “NEWIG Young Women In Construction” and “NEWIG Young Women In Construction” where we have trained and built the capacity of 95 young women.

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