Ghana: Ghanaian authorities too slow in upholding the rights of persons with disabilities says UN Committee

Ghana: Ghanaian authorities too slow in upholding the rights of persons with disabilities says UN Committee

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Ghanaian organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) have welcomed the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) concluding observations on Ghana and called on the Ghanaian authorities to take expeditious steps to ensure their implementation. Early in August this year OPDs and CSOs made submissions to…

Persons with Disabilities undergo Capacity Building Training.
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Persons with Disabilities undergo Capacity Building Training.

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The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) has organised a capacity-building training programme aimed at educating about 60 participants with the knowledge about their disability rights under the Ghana Persons with Disabilities Act, Act 715. The four-day programme seeks to, among other things, empower women and girls as well as Leaders of Organisations of Persons…