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Ghana Somubi Dwumadie launches GHC11million grant fund for civil society


Ghana Somubi Dwumadie launches GHC11million grant fund for civil society
21st Dec 2020    |    Source: GNA
The Ghana Somubi Dwumadie (Ghana Participation Programme), has launched its second call for proposals.
Under this call for proposals, the programme plans to award grants totalling GH¢ 11 million.
Ghana Somubi Dwumadie is a four-year disability programme in Ghana, with a specific focus on mental health and funded with UKAid from the UK Government.
Mrs Lyla Adwan-Kamara, Team Leader, Ghana Somubi Dwumadie, speaking at the launch in Accra, said the proposals to the fund should focus on projects which build evidence and effectiveness for mental health and disability inclusion interventions, and ensure that people with disability, including; people with mental health disability, are in the lead on approaches to improve their wellbeing, social and economic outcomes, and rights. ....

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Stigma And Discrimination Are Violations Of Human Rights - CHRAJ


 
Stigma and discrimination are affronts to human rights and violate individual and/or group rights, Dr Isaac Annan, Director, Human Rights, Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has said.
Stigma refers to the act of labelling someone or to see someone as inferior because of an attribute whilst discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between human beings based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they are perceived to belong.
He said stigma and discrimination potentially undermined the right to basic services, including healthcare, education, housing and livelihood, which ultimately leads to social exclusion and disempowerment of affected persons. ....

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