Ghana is the world's 2nd largest cocoa producer but for decades, much of its value has been exported in raw form. Plot Enterprise Ghana chose a different path. Building a processing plant from the ground up to transform cocoa beans into high-value finished products, creating jobs and retaining wealth within the country. With Afreximbank's support, their plant capacity surged by 90%. This is industrialization with a human face: stronger farmer networks, skilled careers, and a nation moving up
Go to resource »Human rights abuses linked to witchcraft accusations are recurrent in the north of Ghana and can lead to death. Despite the prevalence of the incidents, the cases are rarely reported and investigated. The failure of the state to provide a long-term coordinated sensitization campaign in those regions to combat negative gender stereotypes at the origin of the accusations, and the absence of a law specifically addressing this phenomenon leads to the persistence of the abuses and the infringement of the
Go to resource »The Economic Community Of West African States releases its "preliminary conclusion" into the just ended Ghanaian elections, noting that despite some "minor challenges", it was largely peaceful and "complied with national and regional normative frameworks".
Go to resource »As Ghana prepares for its 2024 general elections, the readiness of key stakeholders, including the Electoral Commission, security agencies, political parties, civil society organizations (CSOs), and the judiciary, is critical in ensuring a smooth, credible, and transparent process
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Go to resource »Over the past decade, Human Rights Watch visited more than a dozen prayer camps and documented cases of people with psychosocial disabilities who were chained for long periods, some for years. Beyond deprivation of liberty, they endured horrific abuses, unsanitary conditions and lack of hygiene, and
Go to resource »The Ghanaian government should provide rights-based mental health services and adequate support for housing, independent living, and job training for people with mental health conditions, Human Rights Watch said today, in marking the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 2023. Human Rights Watch released a short film featuring three people who were locked up because they have a mental health condition and who talk about what freedom and independence meant for
Go to resource »A Conversation with Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo Ghana, one of the most enduring and prosperous democratic partners in West Africa, is a regional leader and critical member of ECOWAS. As West Africa and the Sahel face a wave of extraconstitutional movements and growing political instability, the United States and its partners are seeking ways to best support Ghana and other longstanding democracies in the region to promote and sustain democracy as a governance model. Join USIP for a conversation
Go to resource »Members of Ghana's Parliament have unanimously approved and adopted the report of the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs recommending the passage of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021. This is the full draft Bill.
Go to resource »We believe it is about time the world recognized the double standards of multinational cocoa and chocolate industries, especially on cocoa pricing and the deteriorating living conditions of cocoa farmers due to their self-seeking interests and quest to maximize profits without any willingness to distribute profits along the value chain.
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