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Clash over gay rights in Accra

In Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships,
by Jonathan Migneault March 26, 2012

Gay rights have been pushed to the forefront in Accra after a group of young men, allegedly armed with canes, cutlasses, stones and broken bottles attacked party-goers in the neighbourhood of James Town on Sunday, March 11. “They beat some of our lady friends who were not able to run,” says Hillary, a 27 year-old [...]

Tagged as: Accra, Gay, Ghana, human rights, lesbian

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Down the road to BASCO

In Articles, Ghana, Photo Essays, Trainer, Uncategorized,
by Daniel Kresnyak March 19, 2012
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Vida sits in a scratched wooden chair beneath the only coconut tree in a clearing. She has a series of line scars next to her eyes and mouth, three sets of four, twelve marks in all. “I got them from my mother,” she says. “When I was a baby I was sick she gave me [...]

Tagged as: Agriculture, education, orphans

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Kidney disease: a ‘silent killer’ in Ghana

In Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Jonathan Migneault March 9, 2012

He says he feels weak. Plastic tubes protrude from his arms and connect to a rectangular machine next to his bed. They are coloured crimson with his blood. Richard Kusi Yeboah is only 15 years old, but he spends 12 hours every week at the renal unit in Accra’s Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. In early 2011 [...]

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Hacks versus flacks: Ghana edition

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Gwyneth Dunsford March 1, 2012

“You want me to do what? You want a copy of all my questions?” It’s the third time today I have spoken with Gabriel Nii Otu Ankrah, the public relations officer at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. I started a story two weeks ago about labour and delivery practices in Ghana and I have yet to interview anyone. [...]

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Justice be done in public: Ghanaian identification parades

In Ghana, Trainer,
by Daniel Kresnyak February 28, 2012

She wears an intricately woven blue dress, fresh black high-heels and ties a matching scarf around her head to keep long braids away from her face. She is cautious not muss her outfit and avoids the shallow puddles as she walks through the rain damp courtyard of Accra-Central’s police station. Her wardrobe is no accident [...]

Tagged as: crime, gendered violence, Justice, sexual assault, victims

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Going home: The first plane out of Budum buram

In Ghana, Trainer,
by Daniel Kresnyak February 23, 2012

After more than two decades in Ghana, some Liberian refugees will soon board planes bound for home. This first step in repatriation comes after the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) reported the West African nation’s political climate has stabilized and placed a time-line on the status of Liberians abroad. In Ghana, most of [...]

Tagged as: Liberia, Refugees, Repatriation, UNHCR

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Tamale’s rights media crusader: The story of Joseph Ziem

In Educational Internships, Ghana, IYIP Educational Officer,
by Robin McGeough February 21, 2012

Choosing a pen and paper over a bow and arrow, Joseph Ziem is the Robin Hood of Ghanaian rights media. “When I see something wrong, I start to ask questions,” says Ziem. “Who is supposed to deal with this situation? Why is it like this?” A blogger, a radio host, a freelance writer – Ziem [...]

Tagged as: Environment, human rights, jhr, journalism, northern Ghana, Tamale

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Who Owns the Land?: Deconstructing Joma

In Ghana, Trainer,
by Daniel Kresnyak February 16, 2012
Clemente stands in front of his neighbour's house

Clemente’s house is one of the few buildings in Joma with a roof. In fact, it’s one of the last structures still standing in the devastated area. From his front porch he can see the smashed bricks and mortar that were once the homes of his friends and neighbours. “Afterward, it looked like a tornado [...]

Tagged as: Access to Education, chieftancy rights, destruction, development, eviction, land titles, water rights

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North-South Inequality Drives Migration to Slums

In Educational Internships, Ghana, IYIP Educational Officer, Uncategorized,
by Ryan Vandecasteyen February 12, 2012

My cab ride to Ghana’s biggest slum cost me an extra Cedi. “I don’t normally go that route, those people cause lots of problems,” my taxi driver told me. Once called “Soddom and Gomorrah”, the community of Old Fadama is situated on the banks of the Korle Lagoon in Accra, and is home to at [...]

Tagged as: Africa, Ghana, north, regional inequality, south

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Gutter gardens: MH-37′s toxic run-off

In Ghana, Trainer, Uncategorized,
by Daniel Kresnyak February 11, 2012

Accra’s Military Hospital No. 37, was built during the Second World War and it’s obsolescence is becoming evident. About a year ago, the pipe carrying raw medical waste from the mortuary, maternity and surgical theaters to the treatment tank was damaged. Unable to fix the line, the hospital began dumping bio-hazardous material into the city’s [...]

Tagged as: Agriculture, bio-hazard, export, Food, medical waste, sewers

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