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PRES. MAHAMA CALLS CSOs TO NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON ILLEGAL MINING

30Sep

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PRES. MAHAMA CALLS CSOs TO NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON ILLEGAL MINING

President John Dramani Mahama has invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) across the country to a high-level engagement on illegal mining, scheduled for Friday, October 3, 2025, at the Jubilee House in Accra. The meeting, which begins at 12:00 noon, is expected to serve as a platform for frank and constructive dialogue between government and civil society on the menace of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. The engagement aims to harness collective expertise, perspectives and innovative solutions towards tackling the environmental and socio-economic challenges posed by the practice. Invited groups include major faith-based organisations such as the Catholic Bishops Conference of Ghana, the Christian Council of Ghana, the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, and the ...

Research evidence generated by CSOs are underutilised – Report

29Mar

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Research evidence generated by CSOs are underutilised – Report

Findings of the Support -System Research Project indicate that evidence generated from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) engagements remain underutilised in health decision making. It shows that CSOs generated evidence is undermined because decision-makers place higher value on quantitative peer-reviewed research than on the experiences of community members. Speaking at the Support Systems project research findings validation and dialogue session held in Accra on Thursday, Professor Augustina Koduah, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Ghana, said the role of civil society generated evidence remained poorly understood. It recommended a collaborative approach in the usage if health evid...

CSOs urge government to submit timelines for implementation of manifesto provisions

2Feb

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CSOs urge government to submit timelines for implementation of manifesto provisions

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have encouraged the National Democratic Congress (NDC)-led government to submit to them and the entire citizenry timelines for the implementation of their manifesto provisions. They also admonished government to communicate clearly to them how government intended to fund all its proposed projects for them to hold it accountable when the need be. They made the appeal at a Stakeholders' Forum in Accra organised by the Network for Women's Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) Ghana, Star Ghana Foundation and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office under the UK High Commission on "Gender and Social Inclusion Analysis of Political Party Manifestos in Ghana". The CSOs include the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition, Feminist Africa, Ghana Federation for Person...

Civil society organisations to help fight the violation of tobacco control laws

12Jan

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Civil society organisations to help fight the violation of tobacco control laws

Mr Labram Musah, the Executive Director of Programmes of the Vision for Alternative Development – Ghana (VALD-Ghana) has urged representatives of civil society organisations to help fight the violation of the tobacco control laws. He said the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) was willing to work to protect the health of the citizenry, but they could not be everywhere and “As advocates of the laws we need to assist them by reporting any violations of the laws when we spot them. “If you see somebody smoking in public; the point is that you have the law in your hands immediately inform the appropriate authorities or take pictures, and trust the FDA, they will not hesitate to act.” Mr Musah said, “Am urging all of us today, to be on the lookout and report people who violate the tobacco c...