Tag: CSOs
Ghana explores effective policy solutions to accelerate economic growth
A seven-member Eminent Panel of renowned economists and academics have been tasked to critique 80 priority public policies and interventions and identify those that...
Vigilantism: NPC urges Police to enforce laws without fear or favour
The Peace National Council, (NPC) in pursuit of its mandate, has called on the security agencies, particularly the Police, to enforce the laws without...
Star Ghana calls for speedy justice for lynched woman
The Star Ghana Foundation, on Tuesday, joined in the call on authorities to swiftly arrest and punish those who lynched the 90-year-old woman who...
CSOs demand justice for old lady killed for alleged witchcraft
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working to promote children and women’s rights have condemned the beating to death of an old lady at Kafaba,...
CDD-Ghana charges EC to address Voter Registration challenges
Nana K. Aborampah Mensah, the Programmes Coordinator at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), on Thursday charged the Electoral Commission (EC) to address the...
CSOs urge EC to provide face masks at Registration centres
The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Platform on Good Governance, led by NORSAAC, has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to provide face masks to...
CSOs Coalition: Reconsider decision on Auditor-General’s leave
A Coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) championing the fight against corruption, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reconsider the decision...
Domelevo’s accumulated leave saga: Weakens Akufo Addo’s fight against corruption – CSOs
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have described President Akufo Addo’s decision to compel the Auditor General to take his annual ‘accumulated leave’ as improper and...
CSOs call on President Nana Akufo-Addo to reconsider his decision on Auditor General’s...
Over five hundred CSOs across the country have described the President's decision to ask the Auditor General to proceed on a as regrettable and...
CSOs, individuals sue Government over exploration at Atewa Forest
Seven Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and four private citizens, have jointly sued the Government over the exploration and drilling of deep wells in the...
CSOs call for extension of NIA mop up exercise
The Coalition of Northern Savannah Civil Society Organizations (CNSCSOs) has called on the National Identification Authority (NIA) to extend the on-going mop up registration...
Prioritize WASH in mid-year budget allocations – CSOs to government
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) platform on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have called on government to increase budgetary allocations for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)...
WACSI’s first board meeting goes virtual to help mitigate COVID-19 spread
West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) has organised its statutory first board meeting for the year.
The meeting was organised online for the first...
CSOs advocate suspension of voter registration exercise
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Upper East Region have called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to suspend the compilation of the new voters’...
CSOs call on government to ban shisha smoking in Ghana
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in health have called on the Government to urgently ban the smoking of shisha in the country to save the...
Government’s nose masks supply not benefiting vulnerable persons, CSOs
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday observed that the government’s nationwide supply of nose masks to help stem the spread of the COVID-19...
Government charged to Resource NCCE to embark on public education on COVID-19 – CSOs
CSOs in Ghana have revealed a worrying pattern of neglect of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), by successive governments since 2009.
According to...
Basic Needs, CSOs donates to mentally ill persons in Accra
Basic Needs Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has presented food items, toiletries and immune boosters worth GHC 50,000 to 110 persons living with mental...
CSO Platform on SDGs supports 10 shelters
The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Platform on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has presented assorted items to 10 shelters in Greater Accra and Greater...
S/R: Arocha Ghana joins Fight against COVID- 19
An environmental NGO, Arocha Ghana has donated relief items to help the fight against Covid-19 in the West and North Gonja Assemblies of the...
GACC commends Government for setting up COVID-19 Trust Fund.
The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has commended the Government on the bold steps taken to fight the spread of the new Coronavirus in...
Lockdown: Human Rights Reporters Ghana frown against civilian killing, calls for justice
In the wake of the lockdown restrictions NGOs, CSOs, and the public complained about the excessive force used by deployed security officers to enforce...
CSOs to begin implementing COVID-19 fund for poor, vulnerable
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Ghana under the leadership of the Ghana CSOs Platform on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
CSOs ask government to reconsider use of the Heritage fund
Three Civil Society Organisations in the extractive sector have called on the government to seek alternative financial sources to deal with the COVID...
COVID-19: CSOs call for multistakeholder forum for resource mobilisation
Civil Society Organisations including networks, coalitions and associations, under the Ghana Civil Society Organisations Platform (CSOs) on Sustainable Development Goals...
CSOs urge government to develop Comprehensive Strategic Plan on COVID-19
The Network for Women's Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT), the Women Manifesto Coalition (WMC) and the Domestic Violence Coalition (DVC), as Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)...
CSOs Equipped to Respond to Cyber Security Threats
Civil society organizations (CSOs) across West Africa are showing innovation by using technology to advance their work.
In fact, technology allows CSOs to communicate...
NIA must suspend mass registration in the public interest – GMA
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has urged the National Identification Authority (NIA) to stop the ongoing mass registration exercise for Ghana Card...
Pass Affirmative Action Bill Into Law Now – AAC
The Affirmative Action Coalition (AAC), a group of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and individuals interested in the passage of an Affirmative Action Law for...
Consortium of CSOs petitions government for equitable health systems
A consortium of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), campaigning for improved universal access to quality healthcare in the country, has called for the government...