Ghana’s built environment disabling the disabled
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or call it the 2030 Agenda, pledging to “leave no one behind,” is an ambitious plan of action of the international community towards a peaceful…
‘Make Planting for Food and Jobs inclusive’
Discussants at a two-day policy dialogue meeting on Community Land Rights and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), have appealed to the Government to make the Plating for Food and Jobs (PFJ),…
Passing RTI bill is to benefit government – Kofi Abotsi
Kofi Abotsi, the former Dean of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Law School, has stated that the right to information bill is more to the benefit of…
‘Push more women into leadership positions’
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, has bemoaned the low level encouragement women receive when they show interest in occupying leadership positions in the country. According to him,…
Disability Council gears up for IDPD celebration
The National Council on Persons with Disability has outlined series of activities to celebrate this year’s International Day of Persons with Disability (IDPD). The 2018 IDPD will be held globally…
Address inequalities in doctor population – Dr. Awoonor
Dr. Koku Awoonor, Director, Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPMED) of the Ghana Health Service, has stressed the need to address internal inequality in medical doctor population in the country.…
Entrepreneurship – a solution to graduate unemployment?
In my secondary school days, i had the privilege of spending one long vacation with my maternal grandmother in a village called Agogo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Something…
Gender Ministry launches 16-day campaign against Gender-Based Violence
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) has launched a ‘16-day activism campaign against Gender-Based Violence’ to create awareness on the consequences of the act and the need…
Undue delays in Ghana’s criminal justice system worrying- CHRI
Stakeholders have expressed worry over the turn -around time that dockets submitted to the Attorney General’s (A-Gs) office for advice return to the police for prosecution. They describe the current…
Community service will reduce prison population – GBA
Mr Micheal Zewu Glover, President of the Volta Regional Branch of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), said community service held the key to the decongestion of the nation's prisons and…
