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.
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!
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