{"id":14369,"date":"2024-06-27T14:19:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14369"},"modified":"2024-06-27T15:19:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T13:19:26","slug":"building-a-resilient-future-hswu-conferences-empower-young-and-women-healthcare-workers-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/building-a-resilient-future-hswu-conferences-empower-young-and-women-healthcare-workers-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Resilient Future: HSWU Conferences Empower Young and Women Healthcare Workers in Ghana\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Health Services Workers Union (HSWU), of TUC Ghana, held a series of conferences focused on building a sustainable care economy in the African nation. The gatherings received support from UNI Global Union and USAID\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/about\/sectors\/care\/together-we-care\/#\">Together We Care<\/a> activity.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFrom June 3 to 14, 2024, well over\u00a0800 healthcare workers representing 42,000 of their colleagues travelled from all regions of Ghana to Tema and Kasoa for the HSWU\u2019s 4th National Youth Delegate\u2019s Conference, the 8th National Women\u2019s Delegates Conference and the\u00a0union\u2019s 13th National Quadrennial Conference. The theme unifying the events was \u201cRising Together to Build Resilient Health Systems Through Innovative Organizing.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>HSWU\u2019s General Secretary, Franklin Owusu Ansah<\/strong> said, \u201cThe Together We Care project is a vehicle to support women\u2019s empowerment in HSWU of TUC Ghana. It is an avenue to secure and provide a voice for the voiceless health care workers in the private health care space in Ghana through innovative organizing.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n\u00a0A key outcome of the Women\u2019s Conference was the development of a Women\u2019s Charter. This charter outlines demands and action plans for:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><em>Improved collective power for women healthcare workers;<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Gender-sensitive workplace health and safety;<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Increased women\u2019s representation in decision-making and leadership;<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Ratification of ILO Convention 190 in Ghana to eliminate violence and harassment, especially gender-based violence.<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>HSWU Deputy General Secretary Patricia Tweneboah Ofosua<\/strong> highlighted the importance of the meetings, saying: \u201cOrganizing and mentoring women and youth for union power is a heritage for the whole trade union movement. Together we care.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe meetings incorporated TWC workshops such as \u201cOrganizing, Leadership and Women\u2019s Rights in the Workplace.\u201d These sessions helped give young and women healthcare workers tools to build their leadership skills, boost their confidence and learn innovative union organizing strategies \u2013 skills crucial for strengthening collective representation, improving economic security and ensuring safe work environments in Ghana\u2019s healthcare system.\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>Ruby Yahaya, HSWU Youth Delegate, and Health Promotion Officer<\/strong>, says, \u201cThis training has been very motivating for me. The Together We Care Project will enable us to provide even better healthcare services to adolescent girls in my region to be able to fight teenage pregnancies and early marriages. I will be able to use some of the things I have learned here to also empower the young girls to become peer support service providers in their communities.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe conferences also addressed the disproportionate burdens on women in the care economy. Participants committed to championing a gender-equitable health system that prioritizes worker resilience and well-being.\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n\u201cFor a health system to be resilient, it needs to be just and equitable. This improves outcomes for those receiving care and the quality of life for those giving it,\u201d said <strong>Keith Jacobs, Regional Secretary for UNI Africa<\/strong>. \u201cWe are proud that we can stand with HSWU in paving a way for a stronger health system in Ghana, something that will reverberate throughout the continent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HSWU of Ghana&#8217;s recent conferences focused on building a sustainable care economy in the African nation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14371,"template":"","categories":[41],"global-issues":[],"sectors":[36],"cross-sector-groups":[],"workers-rights":[],"regions":[87],"topics":[167],"class_list":["post-14369","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","sectors-care","regions-uni-africa","topics-together-we-care"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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