CARVING AN HONOURABLE AND DIGNIFIED ROLE FOR CHIEFS IN GHANA’S LOCAL GOVERNANCE: A PROPOSAL.
Chiefs play a pivotal role in the life of Ghanaian communities. Every post-colonial constitutional arrangement has therefore attempted to define a functional position and role for chiefs in local governance, that accords with their honor and dignity. Ghana’s 1992 Four...
Report EU-IDEG Forum on Strengthening Women Inclusion - 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Active participation in governance, political and public decision making remains one of the main areas of inequality against women in Ghana. Several factors can be attributed to this systematic under-representation and marginalization of women in the...
TOWARDS ACHIEVING PEACEFUL ELECTIONS WITH CREDIBLE OUTCOME
Over the years, Ghana has been applauded globally for her track record of conducting peaceful elections with credible outcomes. The Fourth Republic, which began in 1992 and is marked with the return of constitutional rule, has seen the conduction of seven successive pre...
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MONETIZATION IN GHANA
Ghana’s democracy is touted as a leading example in Africa. Since the inception of the Fourth Republic, the country has successfully organized seven presidential and parliamentary elections and alternated power between the two major political parties in the country wi...
Maintaining Peace Post Supreme Court Elections 2020 Verdict: A Call for Peace and Calm
The presidential and parliamentary elections of 2020 did not pass without some sporadic incidents of violence and loss of lives. By comparison with elections elsewhere on the continent, however, it was a relatively peaceful process. We commend the political party leader...
CUSTODIANS OF PEACE AND UNITY: THE CHIEFTAINCY INSTITUTION AND THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTIONS
With the eighth consecutive elections in Ghana scheduled to take place on 7th December, 2020, there are expectations from the government, political parties, relevant stakeholders including traditional authorities, civil society organisations, citizens and the internatio...