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The Programmes Officer of the United Nations Children Fund, Joannes Yimbesalu, spoke on this issue.

Poised to ensure that women’s rights are upheld in Anglophone West-African (AWA) countries with the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol), Baobab for Women’s Human Rights is set to champion this cause.

 Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFD) has entreated the government to help intensify awareness of issues regarding disability in the country. According to them, this would aid in promoting the understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights, and well-being of persons with disabilities. Stressing that PWDs…

Teenage pregnancy and child marriage continue to be major development issues in Bongo District of the Upper East Region leading to school dropouts and deepening the poverty cycle among families. As a result, stakeholders in the district have resolved to work together to intensify sensitisation among communities, on the effects…

Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) has appealed to the Government to release part of the concession of Ada Songor Lagoon to the community to curb communal violence and resistance. NETRIGHT, a non-governmental organisation, noted that the current capitalist take over threatened the livelihoods of women who had been…

Mr Williams Yeboah, the Central Regional Technical Coordinator of the Ghana AIDS Commission, that victims of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) especially rape and defilement were at higher risk of contracting Human Immune Virus (HIV). He said most survivors of rape and defilement were without protection and, “victims may…

Experts and other stakeholders in international commercial arbitration have called for devotion to independence, impartiality, integrity, as well as mentoring of the next generation to sustain the legitimacy of the practice of arbitration in Nigeria.

Mr Ernest Obeng, Northern Regional Programmes Officer at the National Youth Authority (NYA) says about 6,907 youth in the Northern Region have been infected with HIV between January and early December this year. He said: "Between 2016-2020, Northern Region alone recorded 49,356 cases of teenage pregnancies." Mr Obeng, who quoted…

The Foundation for Security Development in Africa (FOSDA) has charged young people to be bold and speak up on critical issues affecting development of the country. Mrs Theodora Williams Anti, the Executive Director of FOSDA, who gave the advice said that was the only way the young could influence policy…

Ms. Joan Agyekum Nsowah, the Programmes Officer for Communication and Information at UNESCO Ghana Commission has observed that disinformation, mal-formation and misinformation were threats to the development of journalism in the country. She said stakeholders including the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) and UNESCO were therefore committed to strengthening the capacity…