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2006

Ghana: Pressure Mounts On Gov't to Ratify Protocol On Rights of Women
September 27, 2006 – (Ghanaian Chronicle) Women rights advocates are mounting pressure on government to ratify the African Union Protocol on Women's Rights, a key regional document that pushes for the advancement of women's rights considering the numerous discriminations that they encounter.

Women’s Rights Big Priority for Ghanaian Judge
August 31, 2006 - (IWPR) Judge Akua Kuenyehia's office, on the top floor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, is filled with Africa. There are maps of the continent, African art on the walls and a shelf of beautiful African carvings. Judge Kuenyehia, one of three female African judges at the ICC, is first vice-president of the court. And because all the cases currently at the ICC are African, the Ghanaian judge feels that her knowledge of her home continent serves her well.

Ghana calls on UN to boost national capacities for peace-building
August 10, 2006 – (Ghana) Ghana has called on the United Nations (UN) to build national capacities to fight the root causes of conflict as an essential part of peace consolidation, especially in the areas of political and economic governance and rule of law.

2005

WAJU Records 842 Cases of Domestic Violence in First Quarter
May 9, 2005 - (Public Agenda) The Women and Juvenile Unit of the Ghana Police Service, (WAJU), handled a total of 842 cases for the first quarter of this year, according to a quarterly report released last week.

Police officers schooled on rights of women and children
May 9, 2005 - (GNA) The Police have been asked to enforce laws that deal with violence against women and children so as to protect their rights.

The Haggling Over Domestic Violence Continues
May 2, 2005 - (Public Agenda - Accra) A domestic relationship could be defined as an association among a group of people at the same place permanently. Examples of people in a domestic relationship could include people who are or were married, engaged, living together, have had or are expecting a child together, (including a foster child), and people who are related to one another including parents.

Gender Activists Say Empowering Women Remains a Lip Service
April 11, 2005 - (Public Agenda - Accra) The issue of political parties reneging on promises they make to champion the course of women groups on their assuming office came for discussion at a post election assessment conference organized by the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA, in collaboration with UNIFEM

Women's Empowerment So Far
April 1, 2005 - (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) The Minister for Women and Children's Affairs, Hajia Alima Mahama, has noted that Ghana has made some gains in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the area of girls' education, access to reproductive health, micro credit delivery, visibility in the press, participation in politics and representation in key governmental and non- governmental institutions.

2004

Presidential Debate: Presidential Candidates goofed
November 18, 2004 - (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) Immidiate past President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mrs. Gifty Afenyi Dadzie has expressed shock and dismay about the performances of the three presidential candidates on the gender issue at the forum held by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in Accra on Tuesday.

Women Not Adequately Represented in Decision-Making Bodies
November 17, 2004 - (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) The Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana has the same number of women representatives as it did in the mid-1960s. There are 19 women in the 200-member parliament, representing less than 10% of the governing body.

Women Must Take Their Destiny Into Their Hands - Effah-Dartey
November 16, 2004 - (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) The Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Captain, (RTD) Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey, has urged women to take their destiny into their hands to avoid being relegated to the background.

Human Trafficking: Woman Held With 4 Ghanaian Girls
November 10, 2004 - (P.M. News - Lagos) A 25-year old nursing mother, Janet Yisa, has been arrested for allegedly trafficking in Ghanaian girls. According to police sources, the woman claimed she is a trader and only wanted to help the girls to get better jobs in Nigeria, instead of roaming the streets of Ghana.

Ghanaian Women Demanding Protection From Violence
November 8, 2004 - (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) Violence against women in Ghana is on the rise, despite efforts by the country's president to reduce crimes against them. Recent spousal murders have Ghanaian women openly protesting and demanding more government action to end the violence.

AWLA Champions Women's Rights
November 3, 2004 - (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) Women in Ghana are living in a patriarchal society. Repeatedly compelled to play a subordinate role to their male superiors, the nation's laws fail to guarantee for them rights that are equal to those of men.

WOMEN TO RESOLVE DAGBON CRISIS
August 16, 2004 - (Accra Mail) Mrs Janet Adama Mohammed, Director of the Northern Sector Office of the Christian Council of Ghana, on Friday called on the Government and other stakeholders to involve women in the resolution of the Dagbon crisis.

MORE MONEY FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING - ASMAH
August 9, 2004 - (Accra Mail) Mrs Gladys Asmah, Minister for Women and Children's Affairs, has called on governments in the West Africa Sub-Region to commit more resources to mainstreaming gender in order to empower the weak and vulnerable a lot of whom happened to be women.

GHANA COMMENDED FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF WOMEN'S MINISTRY
July 7, 2004 – (GhanaWeb)The African Union (AU) has commended Ghana for her policy initiatives on women's empowerment with the establishment of the Women and Children's Affairs Ministry.

GOV'T URGED TO STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONS THAT PROMOTE WOMEN'S RIGHTS
July 5, 2004 – (Public Agenda) As part of demands being made by gender activists, the proposed Women's Manifesto is calling for the strengthening of institutions with the mandate to promote Women's right, since these institutions have not achieved much of the objectives for which they were set up.

INTEGRATE WOMEN INTO THE PRESIDENCY - PARTIES TOLD
June 14, 2004 - (Ghanaian Chronicle – Accra) Two political activists have called for encouraging women to be presidents, to help solve the socio-economic problems facing the nation.

PUBLICITY MATERIALS ON WOMEN'S MANIFESTO LAUNCHED
June 9, 2004 – (Allafrica) Publicity materials on the women's manifesto, which is expected to be used as an advocacy tool for the enhanced participation of women in governance processes in Ghana were launched in Accra, last Thursday.

NEW NGO ON PEACE BUILDING INAUGURATED
June 7, 2004 – (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) The Voices of African Mothers (VAM), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) aimed at promoting conflict prevention and bringing women together to initiate dialogue on peace building was inaugurated in Accra at the weekend.

GHANAIAN WOMEN CRY OUT: WE WANT INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING
May 27, 2004 - (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) Women from all the ten regions in Ghana with diverse backgrounds, occupations, ages, abilities and challenges have raised serious concerns about the horrific situation of women and children in the country.

GLADYS ASMAH DISMISSES GENDER ACTIVISTS' FEARS
April 2, 2004 – (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) Women and Children's Affairs Minister, Mrs. Gladys Asmah yesterday described as misleading and bewildering, the campaign by some gender activists and NGOs, aimed at creating the impression that the government was not prepared to pass the Domestic Violence Bill into law.

NOT A GIRL, NOT YET A WOMAN
February 25, 2004 – (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) Education may save girls from underage marriages

ONLY WOMEN CAN SAVE THE COUNTRY FROM ITS WOES - SAYS NPP WOMEN'S ORGANISER
February 17, 2004 – (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) The Sunyani East Constituency's Women Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mrs. Victoria Owusu Kyeremaa has declared that, only women could redeem Ghana from its socio-economic and political woes.

GHANA: WOMEN CALL FOR STIFFER FEMALE CIRCUMCISION LAWS
February 3, 2004 – (IPPF News) The Ghanaian Association for Women's Welfare (GAWW) has demanded that parents who allow their daughters to have their clitoris and sometimes other parts of their vagina removed by amateur surgeons should be liable for punishment, as well as those who actually perform the procedure. To see more article, go to UN Wire and IRIN.


2003

WAJU ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN
December 10, 2003 – (Accra Mail - Accra) The Women and Juvenile Unit (WAJU), a specialized unit within the Ghana Police Service, has organized a series of "activism outreach" programme to stem the rate of violence meted out to women and children in the country.

WOMEN URGED TO STAND FOR THEIR RIGHTS
December 4, 2003 – (Accra Mail - Accra) A resource person from the UN System Gender Program, Mrs. Susan Osam has called on women to stand up for their rights against all forms of domestic violence.

NDC WILL PAY EXTRA ATTENTION TO WOMEN - KOFI ATTOH
December 3, 2003 – (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) Director for International Relations, Hon. Kofi Attoh says the party would pay extra attention to issues concerning women so as to encourage them to participate in politics.

SIXTEEN DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE
December 1, 2003 – (Public Agenda - Accra) Women Rights activists are celebrating the annual 16 days of activism against gender violence. The event started on November 25 and will end on December 10th. Various women's rights organizations have embarked on a number of programmes to commemorate the event.

MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE IN CENTRAL REGION HIGHER THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE
November 13, 2003 – (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) The Central Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Aaron Offei, on Tuesday said maternal deaths in the region continued to run higher than the nationalaverage.

WOMEN ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENT
November 11, 2003 – (Accra Mail - Accra) Madam Sophia Horner-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister, at the weekend urged women organizations to explain national polices and topical issues to their members, so that they could contribute meaningfully to nation building.

WOMEN PREPARE TO MAKE THEIR MARK IN ELECTIONS
October 28, 2003 - (IPS) Ghana is scheduled to hold both presidential and parliamentary elections next year – a prospect that has galvanized the country’s women. A series of meetings is being held nationwide to draft a women’s manifesto for the two polls. Organisers hope this will end a situation where – as they put it – women have been left behind in the democratisation process.

WOMEN WADE INTO HIV/AIDS BATTLE
October 13, 2003 – (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) As part of the grand coalition to fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic out of society, one of the latest strategies is to focus more on the family to uproot the pandemic once and for all.

WOMEN, POISED FOR A MANIFESTO TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS
October 5, 2003 – (Public Agenda - Accra) Consultations continue as the innitiators of the proposed Women's Manifesto in Ghana seek to gather more information and to get more groups to give their support for the manifesto.

FEDERATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION MOVES TO CURB SPREAD OF AIDS
September 23, 2003 – (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) The rate of teenage pregnancy and the contraction of sexually transmitted diseases like the HIV/AIDS among adolescents in the country have been attributed to the lack of basic, reliable information about access to reproductive health services.

WOMEN ON WAR: 'GIVE US 30 PERCENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SEATS'
September 5, 2003 – (Public Agenda - Accra) District Assembly women at a consultative seminar in Accra have requested as an affirmative action that 15 to 30 percent of the seats in Parliament should be reserved for women. That they said would enable them to contribute their quota to the development of the nation.

BATTERED WOMEN AT GREATER RISK OF CONTRACTING HIV/AIDS
August 28, 2003 – (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) WOMEN WHO suffer from gender violence have been found to be at greater risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. This is because, many of these women refuse to have sex with their partners who already have multiple sex partners and end up being physically abused and raped by their partners.

AFRICAN WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION ON GENDER INEQUALITY
August 13, 2003 – (Accra Mail - Accra) The African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) have organised a day's seminar on gender inequality and other vital developmental issues for about 200 women leaders in the Ewutu-Efutu-Senya District at the National Sports College at Winneba.

MCWA POISED TO SUPPORT WOMEN'S INITIATIVES
August 8, 2003 – (Ghanaian Chronicle - Accra) THE MINISTER for Women and Children's Affairs, Mrs. Gladys Asmah, has said her ministry is poised to morally and practically support initiatives of women to help lift them from the doldrums of poverty and deprivation.

IF WOMEN RULED THE WORLD
August 7, 2003 – (BBC) BBC World Service's Africa Live! programme is examining the issue of women in power on the subcontinent. Here, Nana Oye Lithur of the International Federation of Women Lawyers in Ghana givers her view.

CANADA LAUNCHES TRUST FUND FOR VICTIMS OF GENDER VIOLENCE
May 29, 2003 - (Accra Mail - Accra) The Canadian High Commissioner, H.E. Mr. Jean Pierre Bolduc, has officially launched the Trust Fund for the Gender Violence Survivors Support Network (GVSSN) at the Women and Juvenile Unit (WAJU) of the Ghana Police Service in Accra.

2002

BRITAIN'S BENEVOLENT GESTURE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
June 5th, 2002 - This is a news report from Africa for the weed (via Paxafricana) ending June 1st , 2002. The British High Commission in Ghana's capital, Accra, has decided to donate 65,000 pounds (about US $95,300) to two human rights projects under its Human Rights Project Fund, a news release from the embassy said. The funding is to be given to the Social Enterprise Development Foundation of West Africa (SEND), to implement a gender, human rights and peace education project in the districts of East Gonja and Nanumba in Northern Region and Keta Krachi in Volta Region in the southeast, the release said. The project aims to address the livelihood insecurity of women and children through human rights and gender education and training.

GHANAIAN WOMEN DEMANDING PROTECTION FROM VIOLENCE
April 24, 2002 - (WeNews) Violence against women in Ghana is on the rise, despite efforts by the country's president to reduce crimes against them. Recent spousal murders have Ghanaian women openly protesting and demanding more government action to end the violence.

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