The Ghana Civil Society Organisation (CSO) platform on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has appealed to the government to remove taxes on sanitary pads to enhance menstrual hygiene and quality of life for all women in Ghana, especially young girls in schools. This would eliminate school absenteeism associated with the …
Read More »Transfer victims of the Akosombo dam spill to the Saglemi housing project – CSOs
Transfer victims of the Akosombo dam spill to the Saglemi housing project – CSOs The Alliance of Feminists Civil Societies Organisations (AFCSOs) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a matter of urgency to consider relocating flood victims to the Saglemi Housing Project. The Volta River Authority (VRA) …
Read More »PetroSA-GNPC deal: I’d rather be fired than to resign – Freddie Blay replies CSOs
Freddie Blay, Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has reacted to calls by a group of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) calling for him to be immediately dismissed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Blay, a former New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman in an interview with Citi FM …
Read More »14 CSOs petition CHRAJ to probe degazetting, alleged sale of Achimota forest lands
Some 14 Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, have petitioned the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to look into the degazetting and purported sale of portions of the Achimota forest. The CSOs are; Civic Response, A Rocha Ghana, Nature and Development Foundation, EcoCare Ghana, Viridis Environmental Consult, Kasa Initiative …
Read More »Stop the re-introduction of criminal libel regime – CSOs to Gov’t
A section of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the country have expressed worry over what they describe as a re-introduction of the discredited criminal libel regime. According to them, their call is based on a series of recent arrests and prosecution of persons for statements made or published in the …
Read More »IMANI Africa states reasons why CSOs oppose the new biometric voter system
The EC wants to rip out a system worth $60 million, of which value at least $40 million has accumulated since just 2016, and spend $150 million (plus contingency) constructing a new one. A careful analysis of best practice in procuring biometric technology for elections in Africa shows that the …
Read More »CSOs petition gov’t over legalization of marijuana
Five civil society organizations have kicked against the legalization of marijuana and the use of narcotic drugs in Ghana by jointly presenting a petition to the Office of the President. The organisations are Institute of Leadership and Development (INSLA), Community Anti-Drug Coalition of Ghana (CADCOG), Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), …
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