December 21, 2009
	Ghana lags behind in community radio With a total number of 10 functioning community radio stations, Ghana is said to be far behind other African countries in utilising the potential of community radio to encourage the education and participation of rural communities in the decision making process. Mali is said to have more than a hundred of such specialised radio owned and operated by rural communities with content addressing their specific challenges.

	December 21, 2009
	Don’t discriminate against albinos - GFD The General Administrator of the Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD), Mr. Isaac Tuggun, has urged the government to fully implement the Persons with Disability Act, 2006 (Act 715) to deter discrimination against persons with albinism. People with albinism have been persecuted, killed and dismembered. Graves of albinos have been dug up and desecrated. Besides, persons with albinism are presumed to be cursed and a source of bad luck, Mr Tuggun told Public Agenda in an interview in Accra last week.

	November 16, 2009
	Civil society builds capacity in decentralization process Civil society organizations (CSOs) are repositioning themselves to play a catalyst role in the on-going dialogue to shape Ghana’s decentralization process. They are calling for a concerted media partnership to help sustain awareness-creation for the citizenry to own the local government concept.

	August 24, 2009
	Amend Minerals Law, It is too flexible - WACAM WACAM, a nongovernmental organisation engaged in advocacy in mining communities, on Tuesday called for amendment of the Mineral and Mining Law to make it more binding and to address environmental situation in mining communities. It noted that the current Mineral and Mining Law had numerous gaps that allowed too much flexibility in the operations of mining companies, leading to excessive exploitation of minerals; land degradation; pollution of water bodies and the maltreatment of the people living in these communities.

	May 13, 2009
	Assembly members must be remunerated for their work Accra, May 13, GNA - The Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP) on Wednesday proposed that government should institute the payment of Operational Duty Allowance (ODA) as remuneration for assembly members, aside payment of sitting and transport allowances. Speaking at the screening of a video documentary at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) in Accra, Ms. Mardey Ohui Ofoe, Executive Director of the group, said the documentary was to solicit for the ILGS opinion on the proposal since it is a stakeholder in local government. The documentary funded by the Rights and Voice Initiative (RAVI) was to ensure that assembly members were given remuneration to enable play their roles well.

	May 4, 2009
	Momentum builds for Darfurian civil society initiative Mandate Darfur, an initiative to give voice to the Darfurian people, has welcomed endorsements from across the international community as momentum continues to build for the Darfurian civil society conference in Addis Ababa from 12-16 May 2009.

	May 4, 2009
	CSOs urged to take interest in Oil Regulatory Framework Ghana is on the threshold of increasing its national kitty by about 50% from 2011 if the oil begins to flow from the Jubilee Fields in the Jomoro District of the Western Region, according to a World Bank Report last year. But the question is, how much of this revenue will become beneficial to ordinary Ghanaians? Mr. Emmanuel Kuyole, the African Regional Co-ordinator of Revenue Watch Institute, believes that the posture of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) relative to the oil regulatory framework will impact greatly on the extent to which the welfare of citizens will be maximized from oil revenue.

	February 6, 2009
	Setting Standards for NGO/CSOs It is impossible to have a conversation about politics, public policy or economic development in Ghana these days without someone mentioning the magic words "civil society" or "Non Governmental Organisational".

	October 10, 2008
	Action Aid calls for commitment to disaster reduction Management of Action Aid-Ghana, on Thursday called on Government to commit itself to building the resilience of communities to disasters by strengthening the capacity and resistance of health facilities and systems.

	September 10, 2008
	Aid for Africa must lead to economic growth: As Implementation of Agenda for Action Begins Participating countries and Civil Society Organizations at the Just ended 3rd Aid Effectiveness Summit held in Accra agreed to work together to facilitate effective Aid delivery for developing countries to promote economic growth and the livelihood of their population towards self sufficiency.

	September 8, 2008
	HRAJ calls for cost-benefit analysis on mining The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has recommended to government to set up an independent committee to undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the mining industry to the national economy. The Committee if established should specifically investigate the impact of mining on the environment and health with a view of establishing whether in reality the mining industry in its current state is beneficial to the nation.

	September 5, 2008
	Progress towards aid effectiveness not fast enough World leaders have been told to gear up or miss international commitments and targets for effective aid by 2010. According to the findings of the “2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration”, progress towards aid effectiveness is being made, “but not fast enough.” The document, made available at the opening of the just-ended 3rd High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-3), warned, “Unless they seriously gear up their efforts, partner countries and their external partners will not meet international commitments and targets for effective aid by 2010.” Thus, “Action is needed now,” it said and made three-high level policy recommendations that will help accelerate progress and transform the aid relationship into a full partnership. Type news clip content here

	March 19, 2008
	FFP calls for payment of salaries for Assembly-members The Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP) on Tuesday called for the inclusion of the payment of salaries of Assembly members in the ongoing review of the Local Governance Act 462. This, it said, would ensure that Assembly Members got the necessary remuneration to perform their constitutionally mandated roles effectively and also make them accountable.

	February 28, 2008
	Concern about depletion of the forest The Ashanti Regional branch of the Woodworkers Association of Ghana (WAG), has decried the alarming rate at which the country's forests were being depleted. The development, they said, had in recent time deprived small-scale wood and furniture makers of the needed lumber to work with as most tree species were getting scarce on the local retail market.

	February 22, 2008
	Bureaucracy hampering NGOs A non-governmental organisation has named bureaucracy as the biggest factor hampering access to government initiatives and programmes. According to the Ashaiman-based Fountain of Sustainable Livelihood (FOSL) since its inception a year ago, it has found the bureaucratic nature of government agencies as a major obstacle to accessing and implementing pro-poor government programmes. This was contained in an activity report presented by Mrs. Francisca Asamoah Doku, Executive Director of FOSL at its first Annual General Meeting (AGM), which came off at Ashaiman last weekend.

	February 22, 2008
	Rights advocates explore new ways of implementing RBA Dr. Esther Ofei-Aboagye, Chairperson of the Board of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) has identified three major dilemmas confronting Ghanaian non-governmental organisations in their implementation of Rights-Based Approach (RBA) to development programmes. Many other NGOs else where face the same dilemmas, said the ISODEC Board Chairperson on Monday at the opening of an international conference on RBA, which was held in Accra. It was jointly organized by ISODEC and Oxfam Novib.

	February 22, 2008
	MINING COMPANIES TURN THE HEAT ON GOV’T The President of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), Mr. Paul Mitchell has pointed out that the underdevelopment in many mining communities in the country could partly be laid at the door steps of present and past governments.

	February 7, 2008
	Physically challenged urged to register

	January 2, 2008
	Stakeholders workshop in Gender Budgetting The proposed Gender Responsive Budgeting Initiative is aimed at giving a further boost to women’s participation in the taking of economic decisions.To this end, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the country have been called upon to change their organisational culture to accommodate gender responsive budgeting in their programmes.

	January 2, 2008
	Women’s groups need to support ‘kayayee’ The recent decongestive exercise by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) that resulted in the destruction of illegal structures in parts of the metropolis, was greeted with reactions from the Network for Women’s Right in Ghana (NETRIGHT) and other women’s organisations.

	December 28, 2007
	UNDP Supports Gender Policy DAOUDA TOURE, UNDP Resident Representative in Ghana, has reiterated UNDP’s commitment to supporting Ghana to bring into fruition its gender budgeting policy.

	December 24, 2007
	Corporate Governance Training Workshop There has been an impressive growth of civil society mobilisation in West Africa, contributing to the development and consolidation of strong democratic and pluralistic states. Civil society is increasingly viewed as a crucial agent for limiting authoritarian government, strengthening popular empowerment, enforcing political accountability, and improving quality and inclusiveness of governance.

	December 20, 2007
	Ibis Ghana holds workshop As part of efforts to strengthen and enhance civic participation, gender mainstreaming and public accountability in the local governance structure, the Institute of Democratic Governance in collaboration with Ibis Ghana has organised a day's workshop here in the Garu-Tempane district of the Upper East Region.

	December 3, 2007
	Civil Society Organisations Asked to Hold Government Accountable Civil society groups in the country have been challenged to hold both governments and donor agencies accountable to promoting human rights and self-determination of women.

	November 27, 2007
	Minister advocates development fund for queen mothers The Central Regional Minister, Nana Ato Arthur on Tuesday said Queens play an important role in the local governance of the country and advocated a development fund to enhance their work. He expressed worry that despite the major role queens played in local governance, they faced problems such as lack of funds, and unnecessary competition with chiefs as to who should represent their traditional areas at functions, while there was also delay in gazetting them.