Some women in the Northern Region on March 8 presented a petition to the Northern Regional Minister Salifu Saeed, calling on government to facilitate the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill into...
A new UNESCO policy paper shows that the global poverty rate could be more than halved if all adults completed secondary school. Yet, new data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) show...
Government is committed to providing schools in deprived communities with functional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) driven educational systems to respond to the challenges of modern...
Guards check drivers' papers to keep out uninvited guests from gated compounds where Egypt's rich can escape the chaos of Cairo's streets in a country with a widening wealth gap. Built in the deserts...
Reducing gender gaps would significantly benefit women, society and the economy, a new International Labour Organisation (ILO) report has revealed. It shows that closing the gender gap by 25 per cent...
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Monday urged parliament quickly to approve his $10-billion stimulus plan aimed at tackling youth unemployment, warning the issue could otherwise become a...
The Chief Executive Officer of UBA Ghana, Mrs. Abiola Bawuah has called for the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill to support women. Mrs. Bawuah also appealed to the government to appoint 30...
Employers in the country have heightened calls for the quick passage of the Affirmative Action Bill to increase women’s representation in top positions in the corporate environment. Speaking at the...
American adults without a college education saw their overall financial circumstances decline last year for the first time in three years. The finding was one of the takeaways from a US central bank...
African-Americans have made gains in life expectancy but major disparities remain in the United States, where blacks can expect to live about four years fewer than whites, US researchers said...
In a sign of the fading American Dream, 92 percent of children born in 1940 earned more than their parents, but only half of those born in 1984 can say the same, researchers said Monday. Greater...
By Daniel Adjei Occupational sexism (also called sexism in the workplace and employment sexism) refers to any discriminatory practices, statements, actions, etc. based on a person's sex that are...
Women in the country have been given full assurance that government will ensure laws that promote gender parity are enacted and enforced. Deputy minister-designate for Environment, Science,...
Women in the country have been given full assurance that government will ensure laws that promote gender parity are enacted and enforced. Deputy minister-designate for Environment, Science,...
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) is calling on government to be swift in dealing more strictly with all infringement of rights of women. The party said it was unhappy about how government was...
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has called on various stakeholders in the country to commit to creating an all-inclusive environment for all, especially girls and...
GHANA yesterday joined the rest of the world to mark the International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD is marked globally to raise awareness and support for gender parity on March 8 every year and beyond,...
Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has emphasized the need for the youth to be sensitized on gender equality at all levels. She believes the effective sensitization of the youth will...
Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has emphasized the need for the youth to be sensitized on gender equality at all levels. She believes the effective sensitization of the youth will...
A report on inequality in Indonesia says its four richest men now have more wealth than 100 million of the country's poorest people. The report by Oxfam said Indonesia, with a population of more than...
