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The Country Director of Engage Now Africa{ENA}, Mr David Kofi Awusi, has called for pragmatic measures to tackle the increasing rate of child trafficking in the country, describing it as ” the modern slavery.” He said there was the need to act positively to address the problem because it was on the increase,which could destroy the country’s human capital base. ...

Students in the various tertiary institutions in the country have been counselled to make entrepreneurship a priority as Ghana is gradually becoming a service economy. According to the proponent, entrepreneurship has the potential to drastically reduce the unemployment among the over 100,000 graduates that are churned out by the country’s tertiary instuitions on yearly basis, therefore students must give priority ...

ABANTU for Development and the Women’s Manifesto Coalition (WMC) have in a joint statement issued on Tuesday, 25 July, 2018 offered their sincerest congratulations to Mrs. Jean Mensa on her announced nomination by the President of the Republic of Ghana, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, as Ghana’s Electoral Commissioner.   The Women’s Manifesto Coalition (WMC) and its host, ABANTU ...

Persons with Disability (PWDs) in four Municipal and District Assemblies within the Greater Accra Region have been given some tutorials relative to sexual and reproductive health rights. The move was meant to raise awareness and equip PWDs with the requisite knowledge on available family planning methods, sexually transmitted infection prevention methods as well as how to demand for their rights ...

Ms Ana Lucia Arellano, Chairperson of the International Disability Alliance has urged governments around the world to put in place a compliance policy on the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD).   She said the CRPD must be implemented in every place, “It should be implemented in every valley and on every mountain, in villages and in ...

The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) has observed with deep concern, attempts by the government to rush through a two-track Senior High School regime, as its’s response to the infrastructure and funding challenges confronting the implementation of its flagship Free SHS programme. There is no doubt that the Akufo Addo-led government has good intentions for the poor, reflected in several ...

I want to rant and ask why something cannot be done, if the so-called democracy we live in cannot give us a good life. I want to rant like a mad woman and ask our government why children need to sell on the streets in order to fend for themselves. I want to rant so my voice could be heard ...

The Forestry Commission has announced the suspension of reclamation permits issued to contractors to salvage some degraded forest reserves in the country after it realized the authorizations were being abused. According the Forestry Commission it informed the applicants that the entry permit was strictly for reclamation purposes and under no circumstances should it be misconstrued by the applicant for a ...

Many use Rwanda and Ethiopia as shining examples of nations experiencing planned, orderly and growth-oriented development. Why is Rwanda, which has come out of several years of political rancor, social anarchy and civil war arresting development and addressing inequality but Ghana with its abundant resources continue to babble in poverty and inequality? Why is it that Ghana gained independence almost ...

The Founding President of Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has said the Ghana Education Service should be scrapped totally from the education system as it has proven ”unproductive”, ”problematic” and ”inefficient”, pointing out that, the Ghana Education Service is part of the problems of the education sector in Ghana. He was speaking on Good Evening Ghana Tuesday night monitored by MyNewsGh.com. ...