Ghana: Disability Is Not a Curse - Gender Minister

press release

The Ghana government has intensified public education to eliminate the negative perception that disability is a curse and an evil affliction.

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ms Otiko Afisa Djaba, said this on Tuesday when she presented Ghana's case at the 10th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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