The "16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women" Campaign has been an organizing strategy by individuals and groups from around the world to call for the elimination for all forms of violence against women. 16 Days of Activism is a specific time to focus on the issues of violence against women and children, but every day provides a new opportunity for communities to stop violence in the society. Visit the website for the full programme in Ghana.

Could information communication technologies (ICTs) improve learning in rural Africa? When exposed to new technology, how do children, adults and teachers use it to represent their lives and opportunities? Research from the University of Sussex’s Centre of International Education shows what happened when residents of a Ghanaian village were given their first chance to collect and show digital images of their lives.

A new fully revised and updated edition of this standard Ghanaian sociology text, to take account of the many developments which took place in the country towards the end of the twentieth century: transition from military to constitutional rule, a new constitution, and democratic change of government. The thesis, and starting point is that thorough knowledge of traditional life and institutions is required to fully understand contemporary Ghanaian society and appreciate its problems.

The Socialist Forum of Ghana has categorically rejected the decision of government to enter into a non-surrender agreement with the United States Government. It said: “We unhesitantly call for mass mobilisation to demonstrate to the world that the people of Ghana are peace-loving and reject all forms of impunity and to force a reversal of the agreement.”

Amorkor Amarke has four children. Two of them, Emmanuel Tetteh, 7, and Nortei Tetteh, 11, are of school going age. But, instead of attending school, they spend their days either sitting at home or fishing. It's not a lack of finances that keeps these children out of the classroom and Amarke does not need the extra funds earned by their labor. Amarke desperately wants to educate her children. Why, then, are the boys not in school? The answer is simple. There is no space for them.