Development Agenda

Teachers and Ophthalmic Nurses drawn from the northern and southern part of the country recently underwent a five-day training on early detection of visual impairment among children between the ages of zero to six years in the country. The training sought to, among other things, ensure that partially sighted and blind children in the country are detected early, get proper ...

The Paramount Chief of the Owerenkyi Traditional Council in the Central Region, Ohunabobrim Prah Agyinsem, has called on Africans to shun all forms of slavery and human trafficking. The paramount chief made this call during a programme organisedd by the Ghana Tourism Authority [GTA] with the theme ‘’ Emancipation, Our Heritage Our Strength’’. Addressing the gathering, Ohunaborim Prah Agyensem lauded ...

Civil Society Organizations advocating for cocoa and environmental sustainability have called on stakeholders in the Cocoa value chain to support the effective implementation of the Cocoa and Forest Initiative (CFI). The CFI is a project by the government of Ghana, Cote d’Voire together with 32 Cocoa and Chocolate companies committed to collaboratively work to end deforestation and promote forest   protection ...

General Overseer of the Charismatic Evangelistic Ministry (CEM) in Accra, Rev Steve Mensah, one of Ghana’s renowned evangelists recognized for his immense charity works in Ghana and beyond, has taken one of the boldest steps by launching a project to accommodate and support thousands of persons living with disability in Ghana. Over the weekend, hundreds of Ghanaians converged at the ...

Stakeholders within the disability fraternity have called on government to strengthen its commitment towards empowering vulnerable groups of people such as women and girls with disabilities as well as ensure inclusiveness and equality at all levels of society. The call is to ensure the realization of the aspirations of the ‘’Leave No One Behind’’ principle in the implementation of the ...

The officials of the Ghana Immigration Service Kotoka International Airport (KIA) Command have prevented a 26-year-old woman from traveling to the Gulf State, after she was was forced by her family members, to do so. The lady (name withheld), who hails from the Egbazo, Nzema in the Jomoero District of the Western Region, was spotted crying at the Departure Hall by an ...

The Domestic Service Workers Union (DSWU) of Ghana has called on government to ratify the International Labour Organization Convention (ILOC) 189 on decent work for domestic workers. The ILOC, which has been in existence since 2011, is a legal document which aims at ensuring that domestic workers have fair job treatment and better working conditions. Ms Eva Attakpah, the National ...

“Trauma from terrorism” hurts families, communities and destabilizes entire regions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, as he expressed solidarity with victims of extremist attacks in Africa. Speaking in Nairobi at the opening of a conference on counter-terrorism, Mr. Guterres recalled how attackers had laid siege to a hotel complex in the capital in January, killing 21 people. Africans ...

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Mrs Cynthia Morrison, has called for an end to all forms of violence against children. In a speech read on her behalf by the Chief Director of the ministry, Dr Hafisa Zackaria, at the launch of an advocacy campaign dubbed: “Stop Violence Against Children”, the minister reiterated Ghana’s position on promoting ...

The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), has held an inter-school quiz competition on Child labour for selected schools in the Sekyere East District of Ashanti. The move forms part of government’s efforts towards the elimination of child labour in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The quiz competition participated by four Junior High Schools (JHS) in ...