Pass Affirmative Action Bill before dissolution – 8th parliament urged
By: Rachel Kakraba ABANTU for Development, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), on gender and policy advocacy, has reiterated calls for parliament to pass the Affirmative Action Bill, before dissolution, by ending of the year. It says failure by the eighth parliament to pass the bill which will engender women, persons living with disability and other marginalized […]
Make Affirmative Action Bill Decider in 2023 District Assembly & 2024 General Election
By Rebecca Ekpe ABANTU For Development in partnership with Plan Ghana, joined by the Affirmative Action Bill Coalition, and others are again placing on the front burner the conversation about the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill into Law. At an engagement with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and key stakeholders on […]
Women Cocoa Farmers in Ghana psyched to use Cell Phones and Tech Gadgets to maximize productivity
By Rebecca Ekpe Women are critical to the sustainability of the entire Cocoa Industry, despite the perception of cocoa as a male crop. In all cocoa-producing countries, women play a vital role as cocoa producers, where they perform almost half of the work of cocoa farms, with Cocoa households, where they sustain and support household […]
Abantu calls for the immediate passage of Affirmative Action Bill
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH A Non-Governmental Organisation, Abantu for Development, and some other women’s groups have called on the government to pass the Affirmative Action Bill into law immediately. The Affirmative Action Bill to be passed by parliament has been on the shelf for over a decade without seeing the light of day. To this end […]
AA Bill To Remove Discrimination Against Marginalized Groups – ABANTU
ABANTU for Development and its partners have reechoed the need to pass the Affirmative Action Bill (AA Bill) into Law in order to remove discrimination against marginalized groups, who have been historically disadvantaged in the country. Since Article 35(5) and 35(6) of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution, under the Directive Principles of State Policy enjoins the State […]
