The Daily IIJ

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has launched a new campaign, “Believe it. Do it,” aimed at bringing attention and action to the global goal of ending new HIV infections among children by 2015 while ensuring mothers living with HIV remain healthy. Read more http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2012/05/unaids-launches-believe-it-do-it.html

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The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ghana, Ruby Sandhu-Rojon has stressed the need for Ghana to move away from measuring national progress by the use of Gross Domestic Products (GDP) only. She argued that progress ought to be measured in terms of human development where long life among the people could mean that they have [...]

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Eynulla Fatullayev, an Azerbaijani journalist and human rights activist, has been named the winner of the 2012 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize by UNESCO’s Director-General, Irina Bokova.  He was nominated for the award by an independent international jury. Read more http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2012/04/azerbaijani-journalist-named-laureate.html

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The United Nations Entity on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. The Office of the UN Women in Accra, Ghana denounces intolerable, ongoing voters’ registration-related violence in some parts of the country. Read more http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2012/04/un-women-condemn-escalating-violence-in.html

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As we mark International Women’s Day this week, let’s not be complacent. Over the past century, we have come a long way in increasing women’s voice, participation, and agency in societies around the world. Unfortunately, as the effects of the financial crisis continue to be felt and other political developments take place, there is increasing [...]

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Gender equality and the empowerment of women are gaining ground worldwide. There are more women Heads of State or Government than ever, and the highest proportion of women serving as Government ministers. Women are exercising ever greater influence in business. More girls are going to school, and are growing up healthier and better equipped to [...]

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Ghanaian President John Evans Atta Mills has pledged peace would continue to reign in the country even after this year’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections. Read more http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2012/03/president-mills-pledges-ghana-will.html

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United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Michel Sidibe is calling on the African continent to seriously open debate on the need to support and sustain local production of HIV/AIDS commodities. Read more http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2012/02/unaids-boss-charges-african-continent.html

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Ghana is set to join the rest of Africa to declare a resounding statement calling for Africa’s commitment to end violence against women and girls. The declaration takes place in March at the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in commemoration of International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8. Read more http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2012/02/press-release-ghana-celebrates.html

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Africa’s prospects, in this 21st century, depend on the ability and willingness of her leaders to fully include women in local, national and international decision-making processes. This is one of the many principles envisaged by the Beijing Platform for Action and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights. Ghana is a signatory to most international [...]

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