The SISTAS Project is a national adolescent empowerment and health initiative in Ghana, coordinated by UNFPA Ghana and the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG). It equips girls aged 10–19 years with knowledge, life skills, and supportive networks to make informed decisions about their health, education, and future. The project is part of the UNFPA–UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage. 

Objectives 

• Improve SRH knowledge: Equip adolescents with accurate information on sexual and reproductive health.
• Build life skills: Confidence, communication, leadership, negotiation, and decision-making.
• Reduce teenage pregnancy and child marriage: Address unsafe sexual practices and early unions.
• Strengthen health linkages: Connect girls to youth-friendly health services and psychosocial support.
• Economic empowerment: Provide vocational training, entrepreneurship, and livelihood skills.
• Community transformation: Engage parents, teachers, chiefs, religious leaders, and health workers.
• Advocacy: Influence policies and systems that protect adolescent girls. Methodology
• SISTAS Clubs: Safe spaces in schools and communities for peer learning and mentorship.
• Peer education & mentorship: Training in SRH, life skills, and leadership.
• Parent–child communication: Breaking cultural taboos around sexuality discussions.
• Community engagement: Dialogues, theatre, radio programmes, and IEC materials.
• Capacity building: Training teachers, health workers, and community leaders.
• Referral systems: Linking girls to health, psychosocial, and vocational services. 

Impact 

• Increased SRH awareness among adolescent girls.
• Improved self-esteem and leadership, enabling girls to speak up and make informed choices.
• Reduced teenage pregnancy and child marriage in project communities.
• Strengthened community support systems for adolescent well-being.
• Economic empowerment outcomes, with girls gaining vocational skills and small business opportunities.