As part of Amnesty International Ghana’s primary mandate to strengthen its people powered movement, the organization embarked on a four-day membership training in five regions in the Northern zone.  The training, held from March 19th to 22nd was geared towards fostering belongingness,...

TERMS OF REFERENCE:FUNDRAISING CONSULTANT Amnesty International Ghana (AIG) is a section of Amnesty International, a global movement comprising over 10 million people dedicated to ensuring that the fundamental human rights and freedoms of all persons are protected, promoted, and fulfilled in line...

Amnesty International Ghana is deeply concerned by recent media reports detailing the purported marriage between a 12-year-old girl and a 63-year-old individual identified as Nuumo Borketey Laweh XXXIII, known as the Gborbu Wulomo of the Nungua traditional area in Accra. The traditional marriage...

  Amnesty International Ghana launched the “Protect the Protest” campaign during the National Dialogue on Protest on Tuesday, 26th March 2024, at the Fiesta Royale Hotel in Accra.   The event aimed to address the increasing threats to the right to protest in Ghana and attracted a host...

Responding to the passing of the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024” by Ghana’s parliament on February 28, Amnesty International’s Ghana Country Director, Genevieve Partington, said: “The Parliament’s passage of this draconian bill is shocking and deeply disappointing, coming shortly...

Amnesty International Ghana recently hosted its Annual Planning Meeting from 7th to 11th February 2024, reaffirming its commitment to safeguarding human rights across Ghana. The gathering brought together AI Ghana’s board, staff, and regional coordinators from all regions of Ghana to strategize and...

Youth Delegate Application for Global Assembly and Regional Meetings Amnesty International Ghana is looking for a Youth delegate to represent the National Secretariat at the Global Assembly and Regional Meetings for 2024. Amnesty International is a global movement with more than ten million people...

Across Africa, LGBTI persons face a distressing regression of progress, enduring relentless protests and formidable obstacles to their rights. This review exposes an alarming trend: the weaponization of law to target and marginalize the LGBTI community, exacerbating a deteriorating state of human...

The Ghanaian Parliament and the government should immediately withdraw the proposed Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 from consideration. This Bill gravely contravenes the principles of equality and non-discrimination, the rights to freedom of expression,...

Amnesty International Ghana Joined the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and other development partners (OXFAM, UNFPA, SONTAABA) to launch the Global Campaign in commemoration of eliminating violence against women dubbed “16 Days of Activism” Against Women in Tamale on...

                   Amnesty International Ghana’s Upper west regional groups actively participated in the 16 days of activism campaign to end sexual and gender based violence in the Upper West Region. A vibrant float on 1st December at Wa Technical Institute heightened awareness, showcasing...

On November 18, 2023, Amnesty International Ghana (AI Ghana), under the leadership of the organization’s Growth and Activism Coordinator, Stephany Boateng, and the Human Rights Education and Youth Coordinator, James Selasi Quarshie, conducted a Human Rights Education and Membership Orientation at...