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UN Message to Ghana on Mental Health Care

At Human Rights Council, Countries Condemn the Practice of Shackling Two men with a real or perceived mental health condition held by a chain around their ankle at Mount Horeb...
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UN’s 7 principles on women’s empowerment

The low representation of women in high leadership positions is not big news. As a male-dominated industry, shipping has been a representative example of businesses lacking gender equality. Women’s empowerment...
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Govt committed to reproductive health – Foreign Minister

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has said that the government was committed to tackling issues of adolescent pregnancy, maternal mortality and youth empowerment in...
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CSOs demand strategic plan on SGBV 

 The government of Ghana has been urged to develop a comprehensive strategy to address issues of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and to prioritise issues affecting women and girls’ growth...
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Women, Media, and Change holds workshop on Gender-based violence

The Women, Media, and Change (WOMEC) a Non-Governmental Organisation (GNO) based in Accra has organised a day’s forum on activism against Gender-based Violence in Appolonia, a community within the Kpone-Katamanso...
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Push forward: 10 ways to end violence against women

Violence against women and girls remains the most pervasive human rights violation in the world, affecting more than 1 in 3 women—a figure that has remained largely unchanged over the...
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In focus: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual campaign that begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs through International Human...
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WOMEC equips Kpone SHS students with leadership skills

A cross section of students from the Kpone SHS at the forum Women, Media and Change, a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) has a rolled-out mechanism to equip students of Kpone Community...
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FACING REALITIES OF SEXUAL, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS AMONG YOUTH

Ghana, like many other countries, has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the government’s efforts have been devoted to curtailing the disease, a major concern has been its...
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