PRESS RELEASE 6TH OCTOBER, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION MAKE MENTAL HEALTH A PRIORITY, INSTEAD OF GOLD CARAT WATCHES Participatory Development Associates (PDA) is by this press release calling on government to make mental health a priority by meeting its obligations to mental health patients at the country’s psychiatric hospitals for their smooth running. The…
DetailsGlowen Kyei-Mensah, Managing Director of Participatory Development Associates, named among Ghana’s leading network of Women Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders. This is a flagship project of The African Network of Entrepreneurs (TANOE) has released another comprehensive & inspiring list of the Top 50 Women Corporate Leaders in Ghana following their earlier list of the 100…
DetailsYouth Forward focuses on economically disadvantaged young people, aged 15-24, living in Ghana and Uganda who are on a low income (living on less than $2 a day), out of school, unemployed or underemployed, and moving through a transition point in their life. Ghana has achieved significant economic growth and development since its transition to…
DetailsGhana’s construction sector is a growth industry with potential to address youth unemployment. This paper identifies opportunities for young people to access jobs within the sector, as well as barriers preventing their participation. Low-cost housing is found to be the most promising sub-sector for young people to access employment. However, this requires government land and…
DetailsThe brightly coloured plastic jugs once played a vital role transporting water during Ghana’s droughts. Now, they’re creating a new environmental catastrophe of their own. Seas of discarded yellow, blue and white containers – referred to locally as “Kufuor gallons” after the water crises endured under president John Kufuor in the early 2000s – have…
DetailsThe world is changing. Fast. Over the past 20 years in my home country of Ghana, poverty levels have been halved, child mortality has declined significantly, and strides in governance have helped make it one of the leading democracies in Africa. I’ve witnessed this progress as a member of parliament, government minister and, most recently,…
DetailsGhanaian professors are calling for a statue of Mahatma Gandhi to be removed from their campus because they claim he was racist and considered Indians to be “infinitely superior” to black Africans. A statue of the Indian independence leader was unveiled at the University of Ghana in June by the Indian president, Pranab Mukherjee, who…
DetailsThe Pan African Farmers’ Organisation (PAPO) delegation, led by its President, Theo de Jager, has paid a courtesy visit to the Bank Group in Abidjan, to explore areas of collaboration with the Bank. The delegation held a series of technical meetings with the Bank’s Agriculture and agroindustry Department (OSAN), the Civil Society Organisation Division (CSO).…
DetailsAt his Leaders’ Summit on Refugees last week, President Barack Obama called for a renewed commitment to protect and empower women and girls, who are often the most vulnerable and forgotten members of refugee and displaced communities. ISIS and Boko Haram’s atrocities are some of the most sensational and widely publicized examples of the risks…
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