Why proponents of Ghana’s ‘anti-gay bill’ get it so wrong
*Featured image credit: The United Nations The propriety of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 (‘anti-gay bill’) has generated national conversations in the past few weeks. The anti-gay bill seeks, in a nutshell, to criminalise LGBTQ+ sexual relationships and associations. The bill also criminalises directly or indirectly, a […]
CDD/ODI * 4: The Role of Traditional Institutions in Political Change and Development
Among development practitioners, there is growing interest in the search for more ‘authentic’ and socially embedded civil society actors. Renewed interest is being shown in whether locally-based traditional institutions match this description, given their continuing importance in respect to local justice, land and community development activities. This paper looks at the role of traditional institutions, […]
