Human Rights

THE TRUTH THAT HURT TEACHERS IN GHANA —————————————— When you engage people about how teachers in Ghana are underpaid, the quick answer is that wherever you are if you don’t save, the value is the same. Sometimes I wonder if those who hold such a mindset had really sat down …

Tamale, Ghana – Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of the Dinbian Magazine, Dinbian Joyce Ali Najouk has underscored that, the call for women empowerment in the Ghanaian society and the world over is not an attempt to wrestle power from men. According to Ms Dinbian, society is only calling for the inclusion …

Accra, Ghana – Penplusbytes kicks off its Health Education and Resource Equity (H.E.R.E.) and Now project in Ghana and Mali on the back of several years of work to increase access to quality healthcare for vulnerable groups in Ghana. Funded by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), the …

Tamale, Ghana – Dean of the Faculty of Education, University for Development Studies (UDS), Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Gunu has stated that Wesley Girls Senior High School management’s attempted ban on Ramadan activities there was in contravention of efforts aimed at building tolerant and integrated communities. He condemned the decision that …

Accra, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is on a manhunt for credentialled service providers who are demanding extra money (out of pocket payments) for medical services covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). In collaboration with the law enforcement agencies, the Authority has hastened its investigations …

Accra, Ghana – The Communications and Digitalization Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has advised people who practice LGBT to keep it private as Ghanaians cannot be compelled to accept a practice which is culturally and socially abhorrent. In an interview with Nana Aba Anamoah on Starr Fm, she noted that Ghanaians are …

Tamale, Ghana – Legal Resources Centre (LRC), non-profit legal advocacy organisation based in Accra, has trained six Citizen Monitoring Group (CMG) members from six selected districts in the Northern Region. The one day training workshop held in Tamale on Wednesday was in response to the 2018 Integrated Criminal Justice Case-Tracking …

Accra, Ghana – The month of March is gaining prominence as the International Women’s Month (IWM) climaxed with the celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8 each year. Zontians worldwide celebrate Zonta Rose Day on March 8, as we reflect on the worldwide voluntary work done by Zontians, to …

Accra, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has enrolled Madam Georgina Yawa Ankrah, a partially blind and crippled woman who appealed to the Government to help her take care of her daughter with down syndrome, onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Madam Georgina Yawa Ankrah and her …

John Mahama’s reaction to Supreme Court verdict on election petition: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, Even though the petition to the Supreme Court stood in my name, it nonetheless represented the desire of an overwhelming number of Ghanaians, anxious for answers from the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission as the …