Rohingya child refugees being denied education – Human Rights Watch says
YANGON – Bangladesh is blocking hundreds of thousands of Rohingya children from accessing meaningful education, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, urging authorities to lift restrictions on schooling in refugee camps. In a report called ‘Are we not human?’, Human Rights Watch accused Bangladesh of violating the rights of 400,000 school-age children who have fled Myanmar […]
Trade Ministry woos 1D1F investors with bank facilities
The Trade and Industry Ministry says businesses that are still interested in government’s One-District-One-Factory, (1D1F), Programme, should not be discouraged in terms of access to funding because ten banks including GCB Bank and Exim Bank are currently supporting the project. It says over 80 factories are already operating under the 1D1F project. “Now we have […]
3rd December, 2019
The Daily Graphic is asking the country to renew commitments to persons with disabilities and mobilise supports from stakeholders to assist them. The paper is however disappointed that 13-years after the passage of the disability (Act, 715) the country has lost all its commitments to make public buildings accessible to people with disabilities and therefore […]
Youth in mining communities ‘schooled’ on rights and responsibilities
Some youth from Mining Communities in Ghana have been educated on financial resources accruing to District Assemblies through the Minerals Development Fund and urged to take in interest in how it is expended. This was at a workshop on the Rights of Youth in Mining Communities and Local Content Initiatives organized by the Youth For […]
