Tag: social
G20 ministers call for strong social protection systems amid crisis
Group of 20 (G20) labour and employment ministers called on Thursday for strong social protection systems to support all workers and their families during...
Kenyans adjust social events amid COVID-19 social distancing rules
Gladwell Jeruto exchanged ornamental gifts with her fiance while in the presence of her parents and other close relatives all of whom were donning...
Social isolation causes brain circuit damage in humans
As COVID-19 forces countries to implement social distancing and school closures, scientists at Icahn School of Medicine (ISM) at Mount Sinai in New York...
UK PM tightens social distancing rules in England
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday announced a tightening of social distancing rules by banning social gatherings of more than six people in...
Social gatherings of more than six to be banned in England: reports
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a ban on social gatherings of more than six people in England to curb the spread...
Kenya mulls COVID-19 social response bond
Kenya is considering legal and regulatory reforms that will enable the issuing of COVID-19 bonds, the capital markets regulator said on Tuesday.
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Health official expresses concern about lack of mask wearing, social distancing at GOP convention
A local health official expressed concern about "the lack of mask wearing and social distancing" at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Charlotte,...
Back-to-school season challenges U.S. COVID-19 control
Students are returning to university campuses across the United States amid an increase in new COVID-19 cases, adding challenges to the country's control of...
China maintains social, economic stability while ensuring epidemic control
The prevention and control of the novel coronavirus epidemic is essential to the stability of China’s general economic development. Only by keeping stable economic...
Ghanaian economy has shown toughness despite global economic meltdown-Prof. Quartey
Professor Peter Quartey, the Director at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, says the Akufo-Addo’s administration deserves plaudit...
ISSER launches the Ghana Social Development Outlook 2018 report
The Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER) on Tuesday, launched Ghana Social Development Outlook (GSDO) 2018 report, to assess the country’s progress...
License for social work practice is needed- Association of Social Workers
Mr Alexis Dery, Vice-President of the Ghana Association of Social Workers, has said there is the need to license the social work practitioners in...
Residents of Kalande Educated on Social Auditing
Residents of Kalande, a town in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region, have been sensitized on social auditing as part of efforts...
Social Accountability Is Not a Witch-Hunting Mechanism
Mr. Harrison Kofi Belley, Governance Lecturer, Evangelical Presbyterian University College (EPUC) has said perceptions by public officials that social accountability is being used as...
Ningo Residents Schooled on Social Auditing
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Ningo-Prampram District Assembly (NIPDA) has held a one- day engagement on Social Auditing for residents...
Prof. Kwabena Nketia has reportedly died at 97
Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia, the legendary Ghanaian ethnomusicologist and composer, has reportedly died at 97, at the Legon hospital in Accra.
Considered Africa's premier musicologist,...
Media Urged to carry more news on social protection services
Mr Bennin Issifu Douri, Upper East Regional Information Officer has urged the media to step up reporting on social protection services in the public...
Breakdown in Social Structure is the main feature for corruption
Participants at separate events on corruption have attributed the practice to breakdown in social, morality and the desire to amass wealth irrespective of the...
Residents of Tetegu cry for Social Amenities
The residents of Tetegu in the Weija Gbawe Municipality have appealed to the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Madam Tina Ayeley Mensah...
Christians in Ghana Mark The Resurrection of Christ
Church auditoriums and other worship centres in Accra, the national capital, were packed as Christians marked Easter – the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Hymnal and...
South African social instability concerns CEOs – PwC
A new report by international auditing company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) show only 22 percent of South Africa's chief executive officers (CEOs) are "very confident" of...
ASEPA Petitions CJ Over Woyome Saga
Pressure group Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), has petitioned Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo as part of it efforts to get the...
Angolan health staff urged to strengthen skills to fight acute febrile illness
The Angolan health professionals were urged to strengthen their skills to fight acute febrile illnesses and thus respond to the need of information, education...
Patience is essential to daily life
By Esogibe Ikenna
It is a clear fact that patience is essential to daily life and remains the master key to a happy one. Having...
Stakeholders in mining encouraged to work together
Madam Hannah Owusu-Koranteng, the Associate Executive Director of the Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM) has urged the government to domesticate the...
Youth in Europe And African entreated to form partnerships
The Italian Prime Minister, Mr Paolo Gentiloni, has called for strong partnership between the youth of Europe and Africa.
He said as one of the...
NPP projects Ghana beyond aid
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says government is putting in place the necessary policies and programmes to propel the country’s ambition of developing beyond...
Ghana gov’t asked to pay attention to children protection
SEND Ghana, a policy research and advocacy non-governmental organisation, has asked government to pay attention to social and children protection issues in the 2018...
ISSER backs Gov’ts Intention to establish national bank
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), of the University of Ghana, has backed government’s intention to establish a national bank purposely...
ISSER disappointed in Gov’t
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana has called for a legislation to regulate the gaming and...