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H/N 49, 3rd Crescent
Asylum Down
Post Office Box 4889
Accra
Ghana, West Africa

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233(0)21-224878

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233(0)21-232296

E-mail: lawagh@hotmail.com

Promoting the human rights of women in Ghana and in Africa

RESOURCES

International Resources | Regional Resources | Ghanaian Resources

A. INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES

(I) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
• Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• Convention on the Political Rights of Women
• Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others.
• Convention on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency & Armed Conflict
• Optional Protocol to the Intentional Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Convention Against Discrimination in Education
• Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage & Registration of Marriages
• Convention on the Nationality of Married Women

(II) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSING ON WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS

• Human Rights Watch
• Human Rights Watch: Women's Right
• Center for Women's Global Leadership
• Women Law and Development International
• International Women's Rights Action Watch
• International Human Rights Law Group
• Associates for Women's Rights in Development
• WomenAction
• Women in Africa
• Women in Development
• Africa Policy Institute
• Amnesty International
• Women's Human Rights Resources
• MADRE

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B. REGIONAL RESOURCES

(I) HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

• African Charter on Human and People's Rights
• African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
• Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights
• OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa

(II) REGIONAL NETWORKS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSING ON WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS

• ABANTU
• African Women's Development and Communication Network
• Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF)
• African Women's Media Center
• Women's Net
• Derechos Human Rights
• RADDHO
• Women Foundation Nigeria
• Echos des Femmes (Women's Voices)

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C. GHANAIAN RESOURCES

(I) IMPORTANT LAWS AFFECTING WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS IN GHANA

• Chapter 5 (Fundamental Human Rights section) of 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana:

 

CHAPTER 5 Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms Article 12: (1) The fundamental human rights and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter shall be respected and upheld by the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and all other organs of government and its agencies and, where applicable to them by all natural and legal persons in Ghana and shall be enforceable by the courts as provided for in this Constitution. (2) Every person in Ghana, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinion, colour, religion, creed or gender shall be entitled to the fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual contained in this Chapter but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest. ....... For the full text of Chapter 5 of the Ghanaian Constitution click here.

• Amendments to the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29) touching on women's human rights

(II) ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS

• International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA)-Ghana
• Women in Law and Development In Africa (WiLDAF) Ghana
• Ghana Association for Private Organisations in Development (GAPVOD)
• NETRIGHT
• National Council for Women and Development (NCWD)
• Ministry for Women Affairs
• Associates for Gender Equity (AGE)
• Associates in Development (ASID)
• Ghana Association for the Welfare of Women
• Gender ahd Human Rights Documentation Centre
• Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP)
• African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA)
• ABANTU, Ghana

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