Human Rights

Tamale, Ghana – The Northern Women Development Association (NORWDA) in the Northern Region is advocating access to farmlands for women like their male counterparts. Rural women throughout the Northern Region contribute greatly to agricultural production and are highly dependent on agriculture as their source of income and livelihood. Yet most …

Colleagues, friends, relations and particularly my students, I have been home since August 17, 2018. That is nearly two months. That is a very long time in the life of a senior academic and a university administrator. I wish to thank you sincerely for your unflinching support. I owe you …

Tamale, Ghana – Six journalists in the Northern Region on Saturday October 6, 2018 escaped a mob attack from some irate students of the Nyankpala campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS). The journalists who were all invited by management of the UDS to provide press coverage for the …

Wa, Ghana – The residents of Bayiri community in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region have call on the Member of Parliament, Godfred Bayon Tangu to fulfill his promise of connecting them to the National Grid. At a durbar organized in Bayiri, Bayiri Naa Toorisung Salifu said “the …

Larabanga, Ghana – Elders and opinion leaders in the Larabanga community in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region have formed “The Larabanga Youth Committee” to see to it that “immoral activities” which gained notoriety recently within the community are brought to an end. Upon consultations and series of meetings …

Wa, Ghana – Motorbike owners in the Upper West Region after having realized they are being cheated by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in the Way Municipality have threatened to demonstrate against officials. Some of youth in Wa who spoke to Upperwestmedia.net said they have been taken for a ride …

Tamale, Ghana – Ernest Green, a 24-year-old nurse at the Damango Government Hospital in the Northern Region, who was arrested by the Damango Police for allegedly raping a 24-year-old Italian woman, who was on admission at the hospital, has been discharged by a Tamale District Magistrate Court. Magistrate Anthony Ansah …

Bole, Ghana – Legal Resources Centre (LRC), the implementer of USAID funded Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanism (GSAM) project in the Bole District has organised its fourth year town hall meeting at Bole on the performance of the Bole District Assembly on capital development projects. The meeting which brought together various stakeholders …

Grassroots Sisterhood Foundation is a women-led organization working to enhance power relation in poor communities of Northern Ghana. Over a decade GSF has strived to ensure the voices of women are heard in various spaces be it on human rights, economic or social justice. In the process we have established …

Tamale, Ghana – Available statistics suggest that women account for 70% of production of subsistence crops and form about 90% of the labour force in the marketing of farm produce in Ghana. In Northern Ghana, women are engaged in the planting, weeding, harvesting and post-harvesting stages of all types of …