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Grade ‘A’ Empowerment

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by sferrari December 5, 2011

In June 2009, Accra High School partnered with Amnesty International (AI) for an initiative called the ‘Human Rights Friendly School Project’ (HRFSP) – a program that attempts to integrate human rights values and principles into key areas of school life. Amnesty International has programs in 14 secondary schools worldwide, in countries like Benin, Israel, Morocco, [...]

Tagged as: Amnesty International, Childrens' Rights, education

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French sanctions driving Mali’s tourism industry down the drain

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships, Uncategorized,
by Megan Ainscow November 23, 2011

The debate raged on about Mali. To go or not to go. West Africa’s tourism hotspot was calling me, but I couldn’t ignore the warnings splashed all over foreign embassy websites. Former colonial master France has declared Mali a “zone rouge” and forbidden its own citizens from entry all together. Stories of kidnappings near the [...]

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The Road to Wli

In Blog, Educational Internships, Ghana, IYIP Educational Officer, Uncategorized,
by Cheryl Oates November 23, 2011

The view was absolutely worth the climb. In early November, a group of 6 of us set out to take on Wli Waterfall- perhaps the most sought out tourist site in Ghana. We rolled into town around 4 o’clock. Much to our disappointment, it was pouring rain, so we decided to postpone our visit to [...]

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Open Letter to Sobbing Beggar Child

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Paul Carlucci November 16, 2011

Please, for the purposes of smooth narration, allow me to lump you in with all the others: short and scruffy street brats, dirt-faced and hungry, smeared cherubs wandering around with your palms out. I know you’re all different: sex and gender; histories, national and personal; favourite colours; rows of teeth. But you’re also one seriously [...]

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Four Babies and a Mother

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, University Internship, University Internships,
by Alyssa McDonald November 14, 2011
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Imagine preparing to have one baby without realizing that you are actually pregnant with quadruplets. Without the same ultrasound technology as in Canada, many pregnant women in rural Ghana do not know they are carrying more than one child. This was the case for Rebecca ,whose family grew by four in March 2007. There was [...]

Tagged as: Community Integration Initiative Foundation, Ghana, human rights, jhr, Journalists for Human Rights, Multiple Births, Quadruplets

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One little voice – a journalist defends the environment, champions human rights

In Blog, Uncategorized, University Internships,
by Raquel Fletcher October 24, 2011
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Christian Baidoo was still a student when villagers from his community, Assorku Essaman, decided to chop down an ancient Brokofi tree, believing it harboured witches, incarnate in owls that were bringing misfortune to the village. “Such trees actually need to be protected. I see people in this community don’t give such relevance to trees. They [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Environment, Ghana, Oil Industry, PEF, Trees

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What to do about Ghana’s witch camps?

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Megan Ainscow October 22, 2011

The hundreds of women and few men who populate the camps sprinkled throughout Ghana’s Northern region have been branded witches by their communities and chased out, sometimes beaten viciously. The finger-pointing often starts in their own home. Most of them do not speak English but only local dialects, and come from the most impoverished, forgotten [...]

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Social Media and the Power to Create Change In Ghana

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships, Uncategorized,
by Cheryl Oates October 20, 2011

“We live in a global society. Whether we like it or not, we’re connected. “ Michelle Newlands – a Canadian intern working for Journalists for Human Rights – waved her hands emphatically as she spoke to a room filled with Ghanaian youth, media and human rights educators. “We trade together. We work together. We live [...]

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Finding God In Ghana

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Educational Officer, Media Internships,
by Cheryl Oates October 20, 2011

I was already sweating as I darted through the path of cars and tro-tros whizzing down Labadi Beach Road. I was in an appreciative mood thanks to the warm sunshine on my face, and the sound of sing-song humming coming from women dressed in impossibly tailored dresses as they made their way to church. I [...]

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On their mark: Ramp up to the 2012 Ghanaian Elections

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships, Uncategorized,
by sferrari October 4, 2011
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With over a year left before Ghanaians take to the polls and ink their thumbs for the election ballot, major political parties in Ghana are leaving bigger and bigger bread crumbs behind them on their political trails. In the past few months the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and the Convention [...]

Tagged as: elections, national, protest

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