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‘Factor the aged into Millennium Development Goals’
The Group of 77 developing countries (G77) have recommended that the situation of old people be taken into account in the Millennium Development Goals, and be given due consideration in the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015.
It expressed concern that ageing had not received adequate attention, leading to older people being overlooked by and omitted from national development plans, poverty-reduction strategies and national employment priorities.
In a resolution passed by the group after
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Gender Ministry rationalises social protection interventions
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection is currently undertaking a restructuring exercise to create a Department for Social Development with a division for social protection.
Meanwhile, the ministry has rationalised social protection interventions; reducing the number from 44 to 11, to make spending on social protection more effective, efficient, and sustainable at system and individual programme levels.
The interventions, include two new ones, which are Maternal Cash Benefits and
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Student jailed six months for publishing fiancée’s nude pictures online
The 21-year-old student who posted nude pictures of his former fiancée on facebook, in retaliation for being dumped by her, was Tuesday jailed six months.
Henry Alibah, who posted the nude pictures on November 25, 2013, after a 10-minute ultimatum to the complainant had elapsed, looked shaken and bewildered after he was sentenced by the Accra Circuit Court.
Covering himself with a piece of cloth to conceal his face from cameras, the convict attempted to hit at photographers but the photographers
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ICAG supports needy institutions
The Institute of Chartered Accountants –  (ICAG)  last Monday donated office furniture valued at  GH¢7,3500 and gave cheque for GH¢2,650 to the Demonstration School for the Deaf at Mampong Akuapem.
The Chief Executive Officer  of ICAG, Mr Fred N.K. Moore, said the ICAG had selected the Kumasi Children’s Home, Tamale Children’s Home and the School for the Deaf to benefit from their donation. He also advised the school authorities to maintain the furniture periodically.
Mr Moore encouraged
Zambia's answer to the iPad
Whether it's learning how to read and write or setting up your own farm, a Zambian computer tablet -- known as the ZEduPad -- is trying to open up the country's information highway.
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NGO organises leadership training for children
A charitable non-governmental organisation based in Accra has organised a leadership training programme for schoolchildren in James Town as part of activities to mark its third anniversary.
No Limit Charity Organisation (NLCO) Â support the education of the vulnerable in society, especially children in James Town, to become university heroes.
The programme, which was sponsored by Good Schools for Africa Foundation, saw experts in leadership training from Korea, who educated the children on how to
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Techiman and Asanteman peace process boosted
The peace process initiated by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to amicably resolve the protracted dispute between him and the Omanhene of the Techiman Traditional Area was Tuesday given a big boost.
Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw, as part of the efforts to promote peace, sent a three-member delegation to welcome the Asantehene home after his visit to South Africa. The delegation donated assorted drinks and 100 tubers of yam to the Asantehene. They also wished him well, particularly in the face of
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Human rights centre relaunched
A high number of women and girls in the country are continuously subjected to alarming forms of violence, mostly perpetrated by intimate relations and this worrisome situation is tacitly condoned by society.
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, in a statement delivered on her behalf at the relaunch of the Centre for Protection of Human Rights and Human Development in Accra, admitted that men and boys also faced some human rights abuses.
Nana Oye Lithur said the relaunch of the
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