The Vital Role of Journalists in Navigating the Health Conversation in an Election Year
Another election is on the horizon in Ghana and many seeking executive office will put out manifestos, spelling out their intentions and why they should be given the mandate to govern. These documents would have to be scrutinized by society to try and make sense of the intentions of the authors and the feasibility of […]
Improving Our Public Discourse
In his “Our Democracy, Our Pride” Independence Day speech, the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in praising Ghana’s democracy, bemoaned the current state of our public discourse. Two statements from the speech illustrate this concern – a) “we still have a lot more to learn especially when it comes to the tolerance of opposing views” […]
Has Democracy Been Good for the Youth?
Per the National Youth Policy, Ghanaians falling between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five are considered youth. The Afrobarometer survey samples Ghanaians who are 18 years or older. This piece therefore covers Ghanaian youth between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five. Over time though, all areas of how well governments have addressed socio-economic issues show […]
Never Again! Summary of the National Reconciliation Commission report
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Opinions of Victims after the National Reconciliation Commission’s public hearings
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‘De-radicalizing’ Feminism on International Women’s Day
*Featured Photo Credit: The Quint An insightful analysis of the trajectory of feminism, contemplating its successes and hurdles on the occasion of #InternationalWomensDay.
Statement of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development and the Human Rights Coalition in Reaction to Passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill by the Parliament of Ghana
The “Big 18”and Human Rights Coalition urge Parliament to reconsider passage of the Bill which criminalizes persons, including journalists
The Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill violates key fundamental human rights provisions in Ghana’s 1992 Constitution. In one swoop, this Bill seeks to infringe on, among others, the rights to dignity, freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom to partake in processions, academic freedom, equality and non-discrimination. These rights and freedoms constitute the bedrock of any constitutional democracy […]
Ghana’s Democracy – Worrying Signals from the 2023 Democracy Index
A full examination of the Economic Intelligent Unit’s world democracy index, paying particular attention to the questions used to calculate the overall score and the individual categories, shows that Ghana has addressed the electoral part of democracy – regular elections, political parties, and a constitutional right to vote. The challenge is deepening democracy’s political culture, […]
President Akufo-Addo’s Ministerial Reshuffle
Reshuffling, in principle, is a good administrative practice. It allows a president or an appointing authority to periodically assess his or her team and make changes where necessary. The changes can be in the form of retaining, reassigning, or bringing on new team members. How and when it is done, again is a matter generally […]
