Tag: Nana Oye Lithur
Gender Advocate salutes Prof Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang
Nana Oye Lithur, former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection on Monday described the selection of Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman as Running...
NPP/NDC must demonstrate commitment to gender empowerment
Ms Glory Ofori-Boadu, former Executive Director of International Federation of Women
Lawyers, (FIDA-Ghana) on Monday tasked political parties desirous of contesting for Elections 2020...
POWA Concern About Sharp Decline In Women Participation In Gov’t
Ms Victoria Hamah, the Executive Director of the Progressive Organisation for Women Advancement (POWA), has advocated for more women representation in the country’s political...
LEAP Opens Office To Seat About 50 Staff
The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Management Secretariat Office Block has been inaugurated to accommodate the 56 officers on the programme.
The GH₵1.3 million World...
Empowering Women An Effective Tool To Development
There is public perception that politics is a male domain; a boys club, that clouds the participation of women.
Mr Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General...
Government Pledges To Improve The warfare of All Ghanaians
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection Hon Nana Oye Lithur ,has stated unequivocally that the government is committed to making life easier...
Gender Ministry calls for making public spaces available to all
This, she noted, would help reduce stigma and enhance integration measures for PWD.
The Gender Minister said this in a speech read on her...
Gov’t Committed To Ensuring Gender Equality
She said in view of the commitment, government initiated series of strategies for reducing poverty levels, social injustices among women and men, improving health...
Gender Minister To Tsapke Fish Traders
The Minister made the donation during a tour of the Region.
The donation also forms part of the Ministry’s mandate to...
Oye Lithur Confident In GNA
She said the relevance of the Agency in fostering national integration and unity could not be overemphasised as it continued to be the only...
Gender Ministry Hails GNA
“When I was appointed as a Minister in 2013, the GNA was the first to break the news to me. The Gender Ministry’s achievement...
Ghana To Fight Gender-Based Violence With Aggressiveness
More so, the heinous act drains public resources, undermines human capital, and also lowers economic productivity in the country.
Ghana's statistics on domestic violence has...
2016 elections must capture Ghana’s Gender concerns
“We must bring gender to the forefront of Election 2016”, she said.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Nana Oye Lithur said there...
Government Reaffirms Its Commitment of Protecting Persons With Disability.
It is obvious that, Persons with a Disability often faces inequalities in the society as a result of inadequate support and services .
In order...
USAID,Gender Ministry Signs Agreement On Care Reform Collaboration
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection signed a collaboration agreement on August 9...
GNHR seeks to enhance poverty reduction efforts – Minister
She said the register would establish a database of households from which all social protection programmes in Ghana would have the opportunity to select...
Nana Oye Lithur encourage women to have regular health check
She gave the advice at a free health screening exercise organized by the Organization of Africa First Ladies against HIV and AIDS, “OAFLA” Ghana...
Gender Ministry establishes social protection committees
The Committee members selected from the districts assemblies are expected to facilitate targeting, identification and selection of beneficiaries to benefit from the National...
Government Poised To Address Emerging Gender Related Issues
GThe Minister for Gender ,Children and Social Protection Hon. Nana Oye Lithur , made this pronouncement during the 5th National Reproductive Dialogue which was...
Minister and former trade boss charges at PAC
Nana Oye Lithur, the Minister, who was giving evidence before the Committee in respect of an anomaly in the 2013 Auditor-General’s report of...
Oye Lithur calls for collective action in achieving SDGs on health
She said when the SDGs are well implemented it would help ensure the rights and well-being of girls and women.
Nana Oye Lithur at the...
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Workshop Ends
The two-year project on SGBV focused on directly engaging community leaders through extensive education, to change negative traditional practices that perpetuate violence against the...
Minister inspects ongoing free NHIS biometric registration of pupils
The project, which started in April, was in collaboration with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Ghana Education Service and the Gender Ministry to...
Ghana: Modifications into children’s safety alternative care underway
Nana Oye Lithur, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, announced this at a meeting with representatives of Non-Governmental Organisations and agencies in...
Nana Oye Lithur gives assurance of government’s commitment to child protection
Government of Ghana says it will to continue enhancing Child Protection Systems in the country since it is linked with sustainable development and to...
Ghana Partners UNICEF To Fight Cyber Child Abuse
It also reveals that 17 per cent have been exposed to “sexting” online with mobile phones in schools; while nine per cent have engaged...
Vulnerable groups to be skills-equipped for employment
The programme offers both medium and long-term socio-economic benefits to enhance livelihoods for the women and their families.
These programmes include hairdressing, sewing, textile, technology-related...
CAMFED And Gender Ministry To Lead Girls’ Education Campaign
The MOU commits the Ministry and CAMFED Ghana to work closely towards the goal of realising gender equality and women empowerment.
It also seeks to...
Government To Increase School Feeding Beneficiaries To 3 Million
Nana Oye Lithur, the Sector Minister, announced this, in Accra, at a stakeholders’ meeting to discuss the quality of the food and the general...
Minister Calls For Transformation Of Africa’s Patriarchal System
Ghana has identified Africa’s patriarchal structure as a bane to women empowerment and has therefore called for practical steps to transform the system, classified...