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Twenty years have now passed since the Fourth World Conference on Women set out an expansive vision and landmark set of commitments for achieving gender equality in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. In 1995, gender…

The facts are cold and damning, but it is true that untimely transfer of funds to the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) is a major cause of delays in the completion of projects. Thanks to a recent report by…

The call to buy or patronise made in Ghana goods are as relevant as the call to every Ghanaian to vote or participate in the processes that give meaning to the democratic dispensation. One need not belabour the fact that, Ghana’s economy…

The clarion call by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on West African States, to accede to the Conventions on Statelessness deserves total commitment from stakeholders to bring an end to the menace. Many…

Community redistribution of gender roles is vital in reducing unpaid care work. Socially assigned roles pronounced on girls and women immensely affect them economically, social and politically. It is estimated that if unpaid care work…

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Visiting Professor of Economic Governance, Central University College, Ghana, delivered the Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series March 24, 2015. The lecture titled: The IMF Bailout: Will the Anchor Hold?,…

On Tuesday March 17, 2015, H. E. the President of the Republic of Ghana John Dramani Mahama will officially launch the celebration of International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 at the Accra International Conference…

INTRODUCTION Rt. Hon. Speaker and distinguished Hon. Members, I appear before you today to apprise Parliament and, through you, the people of Ghana on the implications of the decline in crude oil prices and its likely impact on the…

Can you imagine a condition where your liberation from a wrongful incarceration depended on the dance of a dying cock? Or appearing before a Judge who believes in “guilty until proven innocent,” which flips the legal declaration…

The expression “District Level Election” is used to refer to the District Assembly and the Unit Committee Elections. The first District Assembly Elections were held in 1988 to 1989 under the provision of the PNDCL 207. Essentially the…