Tag: Sustainable Development Goals
UNDP and EIB expand partnership to aid governments in tackling global crisis
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a new partnership agreement to scale up their support to...
Gender Ministry holds Annual Summit with stakeholders
Stakeholders at the second annual Summit of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) on Tuesday, pledged their support towards advocacy for...
UNFPA adolescent intervention yielding results in beneficiary communities
The implementation of adolescent reproductive health intervention by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in selected districts in the Upper East Region is making...
NGO advocates Queen mothers’ participation in traditional structures
The Community Development and Advocacy Centre (CODAC-Ghana), a Non-Governmental Organization has engaged the Upper East Region House of Chiefs to advocate the inclusion of...
Nurses/Midwives dared to prove their worth to make a mark
Female nurses and midwives have been challenged to prove their worth by pursuing constant professional upgrading to make a mark in their profession and...
GrassRoots Hub and Ghana Tech Lab hold start – up summit
The GrassRoots Hub, and the Ghana Tech Lab after a six- week intensive Web Development Training Pogramme for 30 participants, have held a...
Support the promotion of reproductive health and rights – Minister
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister has appealed for the continuous support of all stakeholders in guaranteeing reproductive health and rights in the...
UN chief calls for political will for Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for political will and bold action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Private sector participation crucial towards revenue mobilization to achieve SDG
Ghana’s quest to bounce back from the dip recorded by some Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, can...
Government supports 60 basic school girls under ‘Girls in ICT’ in Oti
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communications, has said achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 could not be possible if girls and women were...
Staff of Vodafone Ghana show love to newborns on birthday
The Vodafone Ghana Foundation, on Friday, distributed hampers to newborn babies in designated hospitals to commemorate the International Day of Charity, which falls on...
ZEEPAY Mobile Money opens flagship branch in Kasoa
Zeepay, a fast-growing Financial Technology and Mobile Money company, has formally opened an office in Kasoa to serve the financial needs of residents of...
No hope of reaching climate, development goals without youth optimism, know-how -UN chief
Without harnessing the energy, tech savvy and optimism of young people, the world has no hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
CSOs Platform on SDGs release report on COVID-19 responses
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Platform on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has released its report on a research they undertook to gauge...
UN chief calls for major push to safeguard progress on women’s empowerment
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for a major push to prevent "years, even generations" worth of progress on women's empowerment...
African Governments urged to invest more in youth empowerment
The Youth Leaders for Health in Africa, a youth advocacy group, has urged African leaders to invest more in building the capacity of the...
GES commended for timely sanctions against marauding students
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sub-Platform 4 (SDG4), a civil society organization, has commended the Ghana Education Service (GES) for the timely sanctions against...
UN offers virtual tours to its headquarters
Virtual tours to the UN Headquarters in New York are being offered to the general public amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said the UN Visitors...
Hygienic practices, best defense against COVID-19-Water-Aid
Hygienic practices and environmental cleanliness is the only viable and best defense against the spread of the novel coronavirus and other communicable diseases, Mr...
GJA announces 2019 awards categories
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Wednesday announced categories for the 2019 Media Awards.
Mrs Linda Asante-Agyei, Vice President, GJA, said the awards, slated for...
Bonsu Health Centre needs standard maternity ward
Improved maternal health is an important prerequisite for women’s advancement and achieving set targets for goal three of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development...
COVID-19 reversing decades of progress on poverty, healthcare, education
The COVID-19 pandemic is reversing decades of progress on poverty, healthcare and education, a UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs annual report has...
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...
Ghana makes progress in effort to reduce gender inequalities
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection says Ghana has made progress in reducing gender inequalities under the Beijing Declaration and Platform for...
Task Team on STI Roadmap for SDGs inaugurated
A 14-member Task Team to guide the consultative process leading to the National Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Roadmap for the Sustainable Development Goals...
Private Sector Advisory Group will spur economic growth – CEO
Mrs Kate Quartey-Papafio, the Chief Executive Officer of Reroy Cables, said the establishment of the CEOs Private Sector Advisory Group would stimulate economic development...
COVID-19 could push 29 million Africans into extreme poverty – UNECA
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Wednesday projected that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could push 29 million people into extreme poverty...
Agriculture must be re-defined to attract the youth – IBRAF
The youth engagement in agricultural practices was the topic of a webinar promoted by IBRAF with the participation of FAO, WFP and the African...
UBA to celebrate African Day with a dialogue on SDGs
The United Bank for Africa (UBA), is set to celebrate African Day with a virtual dialogue on the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals...
UNFPA calls for accelerated efforts to end fistula by 2030
Dr Natalia Kamen, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has called for accelerated efforts towards ending obstetric fistula by 2030,...