What Netright does

NETRIGHT (Network for Women's Rights in Ghana) is a Ghanaian civil society network established around 2000, headquartered at 9 Asmara Street, East Legon, Accra. The organisation operates as a coalition of 187 organisational members and 274 individual members working to bring a gender perspective into national policy processes, with reach extending to over 100,000 beneficiaries through its network and advocacy activities. NETRIGHT organises its work around three thematic areas — Economic Justice, Movement Building, and Natural Resources — and delivers impact through flagship programmes (National Feminist Forum, National Young Feminist Conference, End of Year Review of the Status of Women) plus a portfolio of donor-funded projects covering tax justice, rural women's livelihoods, climate adaptation, unpaid care work, financial inclusion, extractives governance, and gender-responsive agricultural policy.

The organisation's business model is grant-funded non-profit operations: NETRIGHT does not charge for membership or services and is sustained through project funding from international donors and foundations, including STAR Ghana Foundation, African Women's Development Fund, Global Affairs Canada, Plan International, Open Society Foundations, IIED, Graca Machel Trust, Commonwealth Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, and others. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. NETRIGHT's primary "customers" are the women's rights organisations, civil society organisations, rural women farmers, and women in the informal economy whose policy and economic conditions it seeks to influence; its principal revenue counterparties are institutional donors. Leadership is provided by Head of Secretariat Patricia Blankson Akakpo, supported by a lean staff of 1-10 employees including Programme Manager Cynthia Sunu, and the organisation is governed by a Steering Committee under a membership-based Annual General Meeting structure.

Notable recent strategic actions include contributing to advocacy for the 2024 Affirmative Action Act (Act 1121) and the 2020 Land Bill with GESI provisions, expanding into 9-country African tax justice work via SCUT III with Tax Justice Network Africa, and partnering on the CAD 10 million SIGRA climate adaptation project with Cowater International and Global Affairs Canada. NETRIGHT's competitive moat rests on 25 years of institutional credibility, a dense member network with strong network effects, and a durable coalition ecosystem anchored by flagship convenings and recurring donor relationships.

Name

Netright

Legal name

Network for Women's Rights in Ghana

Website

https://netrightghana.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NETRIGHT is a Ghanaian civil society network, established circa 2000, that advocates for women's rights and gender-responsive policy through 187 member organisations, flagship convenings, and donor-funded projects across economic justice, movement building, and natural resources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Rights Advocacy and Gender Equality Non-Profit Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF), Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF)

Keywords

• Women's rights advocacy
• Gender equality policy
• Economic justice
• Civil society network
• Movement building

Headquarters

HQ city

Accra

HQ country

Ghana

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

NETRIGHT (Network for Women's Rights in Ghana) is a Ghanaian non-profit civil society network that advocates for women's rights and gender equality through policy advocacy, capacity building of women's rights organisations, and the delivery of thematic programmes on Economic Justice, Movement Building, and Natural Resources. Its offerings include flagship convenings (National Feminist Forum, National Young Feminist Conference, End of Year Review of the Status of Women in Ghana), the Economic Justice Capacity Building Programme (EJCBP), and multiple donor-funded projects on tax justice, rural women's livelihoods, climate adaptation, care economy, and women's financial inclusion.

Product overview

NETRIGHT (Network for Women's Rights in Ghana) is a civil society network, not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of advocacy programmes, capacity building initiatives, and research projects focused on women's rights and gender equality in Ghana. The core offerings include the Economic Justice Capacity Building Programme (EJCBP) which builds capacity of women's rights organisations, flagship programmes including the National Feminist Forum, National Young Feminist Conference (NYFC), and End of Year Review of the Status of Women in Ghana. The organisation implements numerous projects spanning economic empowerment, tax justice, agricultural livelihoods, climate adaptation, care economy, financial inclusion, and extractives governance. The thematic areas are Economic Justice, Movement Building, and Natural Resources.

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Products and services

• Economic Justice Capacity Building Programme (EJCBP) Capacity building programme that builds the capacity of women's rights organisations (WROs) to effectively engage in and influence socio-economic policy debates from a gender perspective. It targets members of NETRIGHT's network of civil society organisations working on women's rights.
• National Feminist Forum Annual forum bringing together feminists from across Ghana to deliberate on issues of key concern to women and girls, exploring diversities and intersectionality. Targeted at feminists, women's rights organisations, and stakeholders engaged in the women's movement in Ghana.
• National Young Feminist Conference (NYFC) Conference creating a safe, inclusive space where young feminists can connect, speak their truths, challenge the status quo, and craft a shared advocacy agenda. Targeted at young feminists in Ghana, with the first edition funded by Global Affairs Canada through Plan International's Women's Voice and Leadership Project.
• End of Year Review of the Status of Women in Ghana Annual programme providing space for reflection, learning and sharing of critical national issues during the year and drawing out their gendered dimensions. Targeted at feminists, women's rights organisations, media, and policy stakeholders.
• Scaling Up Tax Justice (SCUT III) Africa regional-level tax justice campaign to improve policies and laws to track and stop illicit financial flows (IFFs), enhancing fair and equitable tax revenue mobilisation and strengthening social contracts. Implemented with Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) across nine African countries.
• Promoting Effective Policies for Women's Economic Empowerment in Ghana (WEE-GHANA) Project to achieve a critical mass of economically empowered women in Ghana through strengthening the knowledge base for policy making, building capacities of researchers, women's networks, and policy makers. Implemented in partnership with Alinea International.
• Empowering Women for Change: Advocating for Gender Transformative Social Policies Two-year advocacy intervention mobilising broad constituencies of women across Ghana to drive systemic change by demanding gender transformative social policy. Funded by Open Society Foundations.
• Strengthening the Voice of Rural Women Farmers for Improved Livelihoods (SWIFT Project) Project empowering rural women farmers to actively engage policy spaces in the agricultural and land sectors to enhance their livelihoods through gender-responsive advocacy. Funded by the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF).
• Rural Women's Rights and Voice Initiative (RUWORAVI) Project amplifying and empowering rural women by strengthening their collective voices to engage and influence policy spaces at all levels. Funded by the Commonwealth Foundation in partnership with Gender Centre and AWMA.
• Power of Voices Project (PVP) Project strengthening civil society to create space and mobilise across geographies to demand more inclusive and sustainable trade and value chains that respect human rights, protect the environment, and promote women's economic empowerment. Implemented with Third World Network-Africa (TWN-Africa), at whose offices NETRIGHT is hosted.
• Strengthening Investments in Gender-Responsive Climate Change Adaptation (SIGRA) Project to improve the resilience of Ghanaian citizens, particularly women, girls, and vulnerable groups, through increased investments in inclusive and gender-responsive climate adaptation initiatives. Implemented by Cowater International with CAD 10 million funding from Global Affairs Canada.
• United for Care-Sensitive Approaches to Rights and Empowerment (UCARE) Project addressing unpaid care work through national advocacy toolkit development and stakeholder engagement on recognition, reduction and redistribution of unpaid care work.
• Women's Leadership for Financial Inclusion and Economic Recovery Initiative (WLIF) Project building and institutionalising a collective of African women leaders to influence action that promotes inclusive economic recovery through women's financial inclusion. Funded by the Graca Machel Trust.
• Women's Voice and Leadership Programme Programme promoting a vibrant feminist network with well-informed membership engaging policy spaces to demand gendered reforms to strengthen the advancement of women and girls' fundamental human rights. Plan International is the implementing partner via the Women's Voice and Leadership Ghana Project with funding from Global Affairs Canada.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100,000 people benefiting from network activities
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• STAR Ghana FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSTAR Ghana Foundation is a key partner providing funding support for gender equality and social inclusion projects. They have co-funded the GESI project addressing systemic barriers in land governance and the AVID 2 project supporting women farmers.
• Third World Network Africa (TWN-Africa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on the Power of Voices Project addressing gender in extractives sector. NETRIGHT is hosted at TWN-Africa's offices. Active partner in policy advocacy work.
• Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on the Scaling Up Tax Justice (SCUT III) project across 9 African countries to track and stop illicit financial flows and promote gender-responsive taxation.
• Alinea International (WEE-GHANA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on the Women's Economic Empowerment Ghana project strengthening civil society capacity to influence policy on women's economic empowerment.
• Cowater International (SIGRA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplements the Strengthening Investments in Gender-Responsive Climate Change Adaptation (SIGRA) project with CAD 10 million funding from Global Affairs Canada.
• Akina MamaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization supporting NETRIGHT's work.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights: Rapid-response grantmaker for women's rights activists globally. Adjacent rather than directly competing — both serve women's rights ecosystems, but UAF provides funding while NETRIGHT is a recipient and implementer.

Broad incumbents

• CREA: International feminist human rights organization working on sexuality, gender, and bodily autonomy. While thematically adjacent and donor-funded, it operates globally rather than as a single-country network like NETRIGHT.
• Women Deliver: Global advocacy organization focused on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women. Comparable in advocacy, convening, and policy-influence orientation but at a much larger scale than NETRIGHT.
• Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID): Global feminist membership organization with thousands of members across regions. Broader in scope than NETRIGHT but operates a similar convening, capacity-building, and movement-building model across women's rights globally.

Direct peers

• Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF): Pan-African network of organizations and individuals promoting women's rights through law and development. Like NETRIGHT, WiLDAF operates as a membership-based civil society network running capacity-building programs and policy advocacy across multiple African countries.
• FEMNET (African Women's Development and Communication Network): Continental African women's rights network coordinating advocacy on economic justice, SRHR, and political participation. Closely parallel to NETRIGHT's network-of-networks structure and pan-African feminist agenda.
• Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP Mtandao): Tanzania-based feminist network with similar structure: civil society coalition engaging on economic justice, policy advocacy, and movement building. Comparable operating model to NETRIGHT as a nationally-rooted, donor-funded gender equality network.
• Akina Mama wa Afrika: East African feminist organization working on leadership, governance, and economic justice for African women. NETRIGHT lists Akina Mama as a partner; both share a feminist movement-building mandate and donor-funded program model.
• ABANTU for Development: Pan-African NGO focused on women's rights, governance, and economic justice with a network-based operating model. Comparable to NETRIGHT in thematic focus (economic empowerment, leadership) and advocacy-driven structure.
• Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE): Pan-African network of women educators and gender advocates operating through national chapters in 34 African countries. Highly comparable as a membership-driven African women's rights network combining advocacy, capacity building, and policy engagement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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