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GBC Radio supports Cerebral palsy advocacy

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) Radio’s flagship programme Ghana Today has committed to support the cerebral palsy (CP) advocacy campaign in Ghana to ensure the implementation of policies on CP issues The Ghana Today team led by Mrs Gloria Anderson demonstrated their commitment by presenting a cash amount of thousand cedis (1000) to support the upkeep of Miss Ruby Afful, a ...

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Consolidating gains in water sector by tackling pollutions

Water is a basic human right

“Water is one of the most basic of all needs – we cannot live for more than a few days without it. And yet, most people take water for granted. We waste water needlessly and don’t realize that clean water is a very limited resource. More than 1 billion people around the world have no access to safe, clean drinking ...

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Legal aid services benefit poor, vulnerable

Mr Yahaya Alhassan Seini

The Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR), 1948, places an obligation on every state to strengthen its justice system by ensuring that the fundamental human rights of people are not violated. Article 11 of the Declaration requires that any person charged with a penal offence (connected with punishment given by law) has the right to be presumed innocent until proved ...

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Minister urges social protection agencies to step up their roles

Mrs Cynthia Morrison, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection

Madam Cynthia Morrison, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) has urged the social protection agencies and departments to step up their roles to reduce cases of violence and abuse against women and children. She said people having confidence in the various departments and agencies were critical to the cause of social justice and mentioned the Domestic Violence and ...

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Disability issues afterthought in Ghana – GFD

Members of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations have said issues concerning the group are considered an afterthought and not prioritised.The federation said the needs of persons with disability in the country are not considered at the planning and decision-making stages until “somebody comes to remind us that there are other groups called persons with disabilities.”According to the Director of ...

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Widowhood is not by choice; Stop the discrimination – Upper East Regional Minister

Paulina Patience Abayage

The Upper East Regional Minister, Paulina Patience Abayage has called on members of the society to desist from actions that deepen the plight of widows and orphans. She said it was worrisome how a section of society is treating widows and orphans as though it was by choice that they lost their families. Patience Abayage, who was speaking during an ...

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GFD intensifies demand for revision of Ghana’s disability law

Mrs Cynthia Morrison, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection

The Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFD) and other disability right organizations have re-echoed calls on Government to as a matter importance amend the Ghana Disability Act 715, 2006 to bring it in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD). Ghana ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability in 2007 ...

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Accelerating access to safe water for sustainable development

“Thousands Have Lived Without Love, Not One Without Water.” –W.H.Auden The quote above clearly illustrates how relevant Water is, and the need to dedicate a Day (World Water Day) to commemorate this life saving and essential commodity. As the UN Secretary-General Mr Antonio Gueterres put it during the commemoration of World Water Day in 2018, “We cannot continue to take water ...

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Albinos receive no support from PWDs fund — GLOWA

A research conducted by the Global Action for Women  Empowerment (GLOWA), a Ho-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) in five communities each from Akatsi-South, Krachi- East and Kadjebi districts, has revealed that no albino receives support from the Persons With Disability (PWDs) three per cent share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF). That is because neither the albinos themselves nor the ...

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Women advised to be innovative to engender change

International Women’s Day (IWD) was commemorated on Friday with a stakeholder consultation meeting in Accra on the theme: ‘Think Equal, Build Smart and Innovate for Change.’’ Every year, women are celebrated on March 8 to bring to the fore their social, economic, cultural and political achievement. This year’s theme focused on innovative ways in which gender advocates can advance gender ...

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