Today, 8th March, 2012 is International Women’s Day (IWD) and ActionAid Ghana (AAG) takes this opportunity to congratulate all Ghanaian Women and Girls on this special occasion. As we join women all over the world to commemorate this day, AAG calls on Government through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and its allied Departments and Agencies to ensure the provision of needed resources to Women Smallholder Farmers to improve their livelihoods and reduce rural poverty.
ActionAid Ghana, having read the March 02, 2012 issue of the Daily Guide newspaper, wish to express our condolences to the family and friends of Etornam Goni who died in Ho whilst rehearsing for Independence Day march past and reiterates our call made last year that Independence Day marches by school children MUST be abandoned.
Today, 6th February, 2012 is the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and ActionAid Ghana (AAG) takes this opportunity to call for the strict enforcement of the law that criminalises the practice of FGM in Ghana.
