CIDA & the Canadian Crossroads partnership with Ghanaian Organizations yields tremendous results
CIDA & Canadian Crossroads International partnership with Ghanaian Organizations yields tremendous results
A three-week training course in Advocacy and Citizen Engagement has opened in the Coady International Institute in the St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. The 28 participants for the Certificate Course were drawn from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guyana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe. Three of the eight-member Ghanaian contingent from Women in Law and Development in Africa, WiLDAF Ghana, Abantu for Development and Prolink are participating through the generous support of CIDA and as a result of a partnership between the Canadian Crossroads International (CCI) and the Coady International Institute.
Disabled Persons Receive 2% District Assembly Common Fund in Shama District.
Ms. Elizabeth Mensah and other Persons with Disability (PWDs) in the Shama District of the Western Region in Ghana now have access to the Disability Fund.
Congratulations To Our Proud African Women For Winning The Nobel Peace Prize
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF Ghana) congratulates Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Ms Leymah Gbowee for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their exemplary work in promoting gender equality and women's rights.
Fulera reflects on her new role
In an interview with WiLDAF's Communications Officer, Fulera recounts that "the initial stages were very frustrating for two reasons; we had not been officially sworn in and the community members had high expectations.
October 1st marks the WHOs International Day for the Elderly
Longevity is becoming one of this century's major challenges. According to the UN, by 2050 virtually 2 billion people world-wide will be over 60, and by 2150 one in every third persons is predicted to be 60 years or older!
Sissla East DCE Proves that Women are Indeed Agents of Change
The story of the sterling leadership qualities exhibited by the DCE of the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region, Madam Alijata Sulemana, as published by the Ghanaian Times of Monday, 29th August, 2011 is worth commending.
Commitee on Legislative Instrument for Domestic Violence Act Inaugurated in Accra
Since 2007 when the Domestic Violence Act became operational in Ghana, it has remained a dead letter. While civil society organisations make efforts to educate the public, the buck stops there because the police cannot prosecute cases nor can the judiciary authoritatively refer to the law.
Statement on Same Sex Marriage In Ghana... Update
A message from Bernice Sam - National Coordinator, Women in Law and Development (WiLDAF), Ghana
The impression created by an interview granted to a journalist following a recently convened forum in Accra, Ghana on Constitution Review and Gender Equality is that I and the organisation for which I work, WiLDAF Ghana are advocating criminalisation of same sex marriages in Ghana. This is not the case.
Domestic Violence Act 2007- No Panacea for Violence Against Women?
For many years and specifically between 2005 and 2007, Human Rights Advocates, Women's Rights Activists and Civil society in general fervently fought for until the passage of the Domestic Violence Act in May, 2007. Many viewed it then as the panacea to all forms of violence against women.
Country May Miss MDG If Less Than 80 Women Win
Mr. Frank Bodza, WiLDAF's Governance Programme Officer speaks to All Africa about Ghana's shortcomings with regards to meeting the MDG deadline in 2015.
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