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Women and Children
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 Christopher Dankwah, a herbal practitioner of the Doctor Dankwah Medical Clinic at Kade, gave the widows a parcel of five kilogrammes of rice, mackerel, ...
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 ...
24th February, 2011
G77, a loose coalition of developing nations, including Ghana, seeking to promote their collective economic interests and negotiating capacity at the UN and also China have called for international ...
6th January, 2011
The Awutu Senya District Co-ordinating Director, Mr. Musah Foko, has called on parents to use their limited resources to groom their children rather than spending on things that would not bring them ...
17th December, 2010
The plight of the deprived rural child especially, those in the remotest part of the country cannot be matched with that in the city.
It is sad to note that in these modern times where every school ...
17th December, 2010
Buying of toy guns as Christmas presents for children is gradually becoming a common practice among parents and guardians.
This practice is, however, being discouraged by a section of the public ...
14th October, 2010
Mrs. Georgina Mensah of the Osu Correctional Home, has advised parents to educate their children on sex-related issues so as to broaden their knowledge, on the subject.
She said failure by parents ...
29th August, 2010
PEOPLE have now resorted to adopting children of their kinsmen rather than going through the cumbersome procedures of adoption at the licensed orphanages.
Known as ‘Relative Adoption’, the people ...
10th August, 2010
The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service is to begin a nationwide educational exercise to increase awareness on practices that inhibit the education of the ...
19th July, 2010
The Northern Regional Minister, Mr. Moses Bukari Mabengba has called on parents and non-governmental organizations to assist in the protection of children against all forms of abuse in the region. ...
10th July, 2010
Parents have been advised to ensure the growth and development of their children to help reduce juvenile crimes in the country.
They, (children) must be provided with the materials that they would ...
17th June, 2010
Pregnant woman and destitute mothers have been advised to seek the assistance of the Social Welfare Department when they are faced with challenges of taking care of their children.
Mr. Stephen ...
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