April 10
Ghana: High Court Grants Motion to Expedite Hearing of Anti-LGBTQ Bill Case
The High Court in Accra yesterday granted a motion to expedite hearing of the case in which the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi Constituency is seeking to compel President… Read more »
March 26
Ghana: Madina MP Pushes for 5 Percent Job Quota for PWDs
Member of Parliament (MP) for the Madina Constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu, is on an advocacy to have a Bill passed to guarantee job slots for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in… Read more »
March 22
Ghana: Speaker's Action On Ministerial Nominees Arbitrary, Capricious - Majority
The Majority caucus in Parliament says the decision by the Speaker, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to adjourn the House sine die without exhausting businesses before it was… Read more »
Ghana: Speaker Delays Ministerial Nominations After Precedent Set by Govt's LGBTQI+ Move
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has placed on ice the approval or otherwise of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's new set of ministerial nominees. Read more »
Ghana: Speaker Describes President's Refusal of Anti-Gay Bill 'Contemptuous'
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has described as "contemptuous of Parliament" for the decision by the Office of the President not to receive the passed… Read more »
March 20
Ghana: Presidency Stops Parliament From Transmitting Anti LGBTQ+ Bill
The Office of the President has told Parliament to desist from transmitting the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Families Values Bill, 2021 to the President for his assent. Read more »
March 13
Ghana: Not in My Name. Mr President Do Not Sign This Bigoted LGBTQ Bill
The current LGBTQ Bill passed by Ghana's Parliament is one of the harshest of its kind in Africa. It criminalizes all activities of the LGBTQ community in Ghana and just the mere… Read more »
March 05
Ghana: We Need to Pass the LGBTQ Test
One issue that is causing debates and almost dividing the world is sexual orientation, which is about who is attracted to who and wants to have relationships with. Read more »
Ghana: Don't Assent to LGBTQ+ Bill - Ghana Risks Losing $600m WB Facility ...Finance Ministry Appeals to Govt
Ghana stands to lose a total of $3.8 billion in the next five to six years from its development partners following the passage of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family… Read more »
February 29
Ghana: At Long Last - Parliament Passes Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill ...Awaits Presidential Assent to Become Law
Parliament has finally passed the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill into law. Read more »
March 01
Ghana: Mixed Reaction Greets Passage of LGBTQI+ Bill ...Faith-Based Organisations, Traditional Authorities, Others Welcome It While Human Right Activists, Including Us, Kick Against It
Parliament after a labourious journey of law making on Wednesday finally passed the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Family Values bill into law. Read more »
January 17
Ghana: When Will the Affirmative Action Bill Become Law? ...Asks G.D. Zaney, Esq.
Good governance requires gender sensitivity in order to be equitable, sustainable and effective, and according to The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),… Read more »
November 06, 2023
Ghana: Address Deplorable Conditions of Special Needs Schools - GBU
The Ghana Blind Union (GBU) has called on the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to pay critical attention to deplorable conditions of special needs schools in… Read more »
Ghana: Conditions of Special Needs Schools Require Attention
Ghana on July 31, 2012 ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) with Article 24, focusing on education, which prioritises… Read more »
November 07, 2023
Ghana: 40 Teachers Undergo Training to Identify Children With Special Needs
About 40 teachers in the Accra Metropolis are undergoing a two-day training to be able to identify children with special needs. Read more »
October 25, 2023
Ghana: Repent, Conform to Norms ...Prophet Ansah to LGBTQ+ Practitioners
The Vice Chairman of the Papaase Number '2' Area Local Council of Churches, in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, Prophet Owusu Ansah, has urged persons engaged in… Read more »
October 19, 2023
Ghana: Govt to Sanction Businesses Over Violation of Human Rights
THE government is developing a national action plan on business and human rights to provide swift sanctions against businesses that violate people rights in the country. Read more »
September 12, 2023
Ghana: 'Respect Digital Privacy of Children'
Africa Digital Rights Hub (ADRH), a not for profit organisation, has stressed the need for the digital privacy of children to be respected. Read more »
Ghana: Togbega Gabusu VII Calls for Inquiry Into Police Brutalities
The Paramount Chief of Gbi Traditional Area and the President of the Gbi Traditional Council, Togbega Gabusu VII has appealed to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo as a… Read more »
September 05, 2023
Ghana: Claims of Unfair Treatment Against Jubilee House Security Personnel Untrue - Presidency
The Presidency has dispelled claims that security personnel stationed at the Jubilee House have been subjected to unfair treatment. Read more »
July 27, 2023
Ghana: Death Penalty Abolished, Offenders to Serve Life Sentence
Parliament has passed the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill 2022 into law, to abolish the death sentence penalty from the country's statutes. Read more »
July 25, 2023
Ghana: Asabee, This Is Your Chance (3)
Bizarre incidents that can only take place in Ghana continue to occur to amuse, surprise or annoy us - depending on where we have decided to pitch our socio-political tent. Read more »
July 24, 2023
Ghana: Pass Affirmative Action Bill Into Law - Pnafrica
The Executive Director of the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Sammy Obeng, has called on the government to demonstrate commitment to passing the Affirmative Action Bill… Read more »
July 18, 2023
Rwanda: 6,000 Delegates Converge On Kigali for Women Deliver Confab
More than 6,000 delegates from across the world have converged on Kigali, Rwanda, for the Women Deliver (WD) conference aimed at promoting public discourse on women empowerment and… Read more »
July 17, 2023
Ghana: NPP Is Opposed to Lgbtq+ - Ntim
The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ayesu Ntim, has expressed the party's staunch opposition to the activities of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,… Read more »