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Women and Children
21st March, 2013
Nana Oye Lithur, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, today called for renewed commitment and attitudinal change to tackle gender equality issues.
She also proposed the involvement of both genders (men and women) as a key strategy in attending to vulnerabilities and the marginalised in the society.
Nana Oye made the call in a ...
7th February, 2013
Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP), on Tuesday outlined dynamic transformational blueprint to promote gender mainstreaming in the national development ...
10th October, 2012
The lives of several number of little children in the Ashaiman Municipality and its environs are endangered daily as many parents, guardians and drivers carry them on the front seats of vehicles in a ...
25th September, 2012
THE Adenta Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Nubyi Kakra Vanlare has called on the general public to report parents who hide their disabled children in their homes.
He said such parents would be ...
4th September, 2012
The Executive Director of Centre for Women and Children Association (CEWOCA), a non governmental organisation, Hajia Mariama Martey, has expressed her unhappiness with the high rate of teenage ...
3rd September, 2012
The Bishop of the Accra Diocese of the Methodist Church of Ghana, the Right Reverend Titus K.A Pratt, has stressed the need to promote girl-child education in the country, so as to produce responsible ...
16th July, 2012
The Executive Director of Advocates for Gender Equity, Mrs. Elizabeth Akpalu, has called on women to strategically position themselves to take up leadership roles in the newly inaugurated districts in ...
13th July, 2012
The Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MOWAC) has sent a congratulatory message to the Rector of the Law Institute of Ghana, Ms. Hillary Gbedemah, on her election to the United Nations ...
10th May, 2012
As part of the activities to mark the International Women’s Day (IWD), the Ecowas Gender Development Centre (EGDC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MOWAC) has ...
9th March, 2012
The Ghana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday saluted and congratulated women all over the world and Ghanaian women in particular on the occasion of this year’s International Women’s Day.
It ...
4th January, 2012
Sixty-seven widows of Asuokaw, near Asamankese, had something to cheer about when they were on Tuesday presented with food items worth about GH¢6,500 for the celebration of the New Year.
Doctor ...
20th December, 2011
Juveniles in correctional institutions have appealed to donors of food meant for their upkeep to provide it cooked instead of the raw form.
This is because raw food items often end up in the homes ...
20th October, 2011
Parent and Child Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has started a project to rescue children engaged in worst forms of child labour in fishing communities.
Currently, the organisation has ...
1st September, 2011
The 10th Annual Girls Camp organized by Action Aid Ghana was officially opened in Accra last Friday.
The 10 day camp aims at encouraging adolescent girls to develop their self esteem, have ...
29th June, 2011
The World Food Program (WFP) has awarded sponsorship packages to 129 school girls from deprived communities in the three Northern Regions, under its scholarship scheme, to ensure that brilliant but ...
16th May, 2011
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in collaboration with the United
Nations Population Fund (U.N.F.PA) has held a conference in Tamale to discuss male
involvement in promoting ...
4th March, 2011
Ms Michelle Bachelet,UN Under-Secretary- General and Executive Director of UN Women,the UN organisation dedicated to gender equality and empowerment of women, has commended Ghana's Women and ...
1st March, 2011
Ms Stephanie Ortoleva, Senior Human Rights lawyer with Blue Law International, a consulting company that also champions the rights of people with disabilities, has called for programmes to be ...
27th February, 2011
The Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Enoch T. Mensah, has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDA’s) to actively participate in the campaign against child labour in the ...
24th February, 2011
The 55Th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) has opened here with a call on member states not to postpone action for the promotion of gender equality and women empowerment until ...
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