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Gender, Children & Social Protection.

53 promises from the NDC 2024 manifesto and the 120-day social contract. 0 checked so far.

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Not checkedFlagshipFree sanitary pads · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025

Start giving free sanitary pads to girls in primary and secondary schools.

“Commence the distribution of free sanitary pads to female students in primary and secondary schools”

Not checkedFlagshipWomen's Development Bank · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025

Put seed money into the Women's Development Bank.

“Allocate seed money for the establishment of the Women’s Development Bank”

Not checkedFlagshipWomen's bank · Manifesto · PDF page 52

Create a Women's Development Bank giving low-interest loans to women-owned and women-led businesses.

“Women’s Development Bank: a special-purpose bank to support women-owned and women-led businesses with low-interest loans”

Not checkedFlagshipGender law · Manifesto · PDF page 146

Implement the Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act, 2024.

“implement the Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act, 2024 passed by Parliament”

Not checkedFlagshipGender-based violence · Manifesto · PDF page 147

Help set up 16 regional shelters for victims of gender-based violence.

“facilitate the establishment of 16 regional shelters with comprehensive support services for victims”

Not checkedFlagshipVulnerable groups · Manifesto · PDF page 148

Turn witch camps into community-owned wellness centres with elderly care.

“transform alleged witch camps into community-owned wellness centres offering comprehensive geriatric care and social support”

Not checkedFlagshipSocial protection · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Give scholarships, skills training and social assistance to Kayayei (head porters).

“provide educational scholarship and develop special skills training and social assistance Programme for Kayayei”

Not checkedFlagshipLEAP · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Start the 'Big LEAP' to help LEAP families and the urban poor earn a living.

“initiate the ‘Big LEAP’ to pursue an economic inclusion programme for LEAP beneficiaries and the urban poor”

Not checkedFlagshipSchool feeding · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Hand school feeding management to districts and pay caterers on time.

“decentralise the management of the Ghana School Feeding Programmes (GSFP) to the district level and ensure timely payments to caterers”

Not checkedFlagshipThe aged · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Bring back the Eban Elderly Welfare System: over-60s get priority and free access to social and health services and transport.

“Re-introduce the Eban Elderly Welfare System to enable Ghanaians above sixty (60) years have priority and free access to social and health services, public transport and public places”

Not checkedWomen's bank · Manifesto · PDF page 45

Establish a National Women's Bank to support women entrepreneurs.

“establish a National Women’s Bank to support female entrepreneurs”

Not checkedGender equity · Manifesto · PDF page 64

Apply affirmative action in government grants, procurement and support, and ensure fair representation of all sexes on boards.

“implement affirmative action policies in the disbursement of all government grants, procurement,”

Not checkedGender law · Manifesto · PDF page 146

Strengthen laws and policies so more women and underrepresented groups take part in politics.

“strengthen the legal and policy framework for the political inclusion of women and other underrepresented groups”

Not checkedGender law · Manifesto · PDF page 146

Back the Gender Equality Committee and give it resources.

“support the establishment the Gender Equality Committee and resource it”

Not checkedWomen economic empowerment · Manifesto · PDF page 147

Run an Entrepreneurship Development Programme for young women and women with disabilities.

“establish an Entrepreneurship Development Programme for young women and women living with”

Not checkedWomen economic empowerment · Manifesto · PDF page 147

Launch an Expanded Financial Inclusion Programme for saving, investment and pensions for women and vulnerable groups.

“launch an Expanded Financial Inclusion Programme with relevant institutions to encourage saving, investment and pension uptake”

Not checkedGender-based violence · Manifesto · PDF page 147

Create a 'Survivors Care Kit' with free legal help, medical exams, counselling and medicines.

“develop a “Survivors Care Kit” for victims of gender-based violence, including free legal services, medical examinations”

Not checkedGender-based violence · Manifesto · PDF page 147

Build a team of online volunteers giving confidential support to GBV victims.

“build a community of virtual volunteers to provide online confidential support services”

Not checkedGender-based violence · Manifesto · PDF page 147

Run a 'Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence and Sexual Harassment' campaign.

“launch the “Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence and Sexual Harassment in Ghana” Campaign”

Not checkedGender-based violence · Manifesto · PDF page 147

Resource and start the Victim Support Fund under the Domestic Violence Act.

“resourcing and operationalising the Victim Support Fund under the Domestic Violence Act, 2007 (Act 732)”

Not checkedGender-based violence · Manifesto · PDF page 148

Set up a referral system linking at-risk people and victims to support and legal aid.

“implement a robust referral system to provide at-risk individuals and victims with access to domestic and GBV support services”

Not checkedGender-based violence · Manifesto · PDF page 148

Work with churches, chiefs and communities to educate on GBV and harmful practices.

“partner with religious, traditional and community organisations to embark on community education on gender-based violence”

Not checkedGender-based violence · Manifesto · PDF page 148

Adopt a National Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy.

“develop and adopt a National Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy for Ghana”

Not checkedVulnerable groups · Manifesto · PDF page 148

Create a law to protect people accused of witchcraft.

“develop a Legislative Instrument and implementation protocols for the protection of individuals accused of witchcraft”

Not checkedVulnerable groups · Manifesto · PDF page 148

Educate the public against witchcraft accusations with chiefs, youth and civil society.

“intensify public education on anti-witchcraft practices and law”

Not checkedSocial protection · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Pass the Social Protection and Aged Persons Bill.

“pass the Social Protection and Aged Persons Bill”

Not checkedSocial protection · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Strengthen institutions that coordinate social protection and make sure they are funded.

“strengthen institutions coordinating social protection at all levels to ensure efficiency and sustained financing”

Not checkedSocial protection · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Complete the Ghana Household Registry so help reaches the vulnerable.

“complete the Ghana Household Registry to enhance the targeting of vulnerable groups”

Not checkedSocial protection · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Build capacity of social workers and create jobs for School of Social Work graduates.

“build the capacity of social workers and offer enhanced employment opportunities for graduates from the School of Social Work”

Not checkedSocial protection · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Help street and out-of-school children with school enrolment, skills training and small business support.

“offer comprehensive support services including school enrolment opportunities, skills training, and micro-entrepreneurship support for children”

Not checkedLEAP · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Add livelihood support for LEAP households that can work.

“introduce Livelihood Enhancement programmes for households with productive capacity”

Not checkedLEAP · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Improve LEAP households' access to essential services.

“improve access to essential services for LEAP households”

Not checkedLEAP · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Create special projects for the very poor in coastal and urban poor communities.

“develop specialised projects for indigent persons within coastal and urban-poor communities”

Not checkedLEAP · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Set up an Emergency Response LEAP grant to help disaster victims.

“establish an Emergency Response LEAP Grant Programme”

Not checkedLEAP · Manifesto · PDF page 149

Give educational scholarships to children of LEAP households.

“provide educational scholarships for children of LEAP households”

Not checkedSchool feeding · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Put nutritionists in district education offices to advise on school meal menus.

“assign nutritionists to district education offices to provide expert nutrition advice”

Not checkedSchool feeding · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Bring in menu guides for balanced school meals by community and zone.

“introduce menu frameworks in collaboration with relevant research institutions”

Not checkedSchool feeding · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Make school feeding fairer through nutrition rules, targeted expansion and local management.

“enhance efficiency and equity in school feeding programmes through, nutrition frameworks, targeted expansion, and decentralized management”

Not checkedSchool feeding · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Use location data to take school feeding to deprived communities.

“utilise geographical targeting data to broaden the reach of the GSFP to deprived communities”

Not checkedChildren · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Set up an Orphan and Vulnerable Child Support Scheme for street, trafficked and displaced children.

“establish an Orphan and Vulnerable Child Support Scheme as a special vehicle to create a safe environment”

Not checkedChildren · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Develop a Protective Framework for Children: safety, family reunion, anti-trafficking, missing children.

“develop a Protective Framework for Children to ensure safety, support family reintegration, prevent trafficking, address the issue of missing children”

Not checkedChildren · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Help street and trafficked children return to family and school.

“support family reintegration and school re-entry for street, trafficked and other internally displaced children”

Not checkedChildren · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Keep up public education against child trafficking.

“sustain public education on child trafficking to create awareness and prevent child trafficking”

Not checkedChildren · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Set up a Child Support System/Directorate to make both parents pay for child upkeep.

“establish a Child Support System/Directorate to ensure the provision of financial support from both parents for child maintenance”

Not checkedChildren · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Set up a Child Maintenance Service Bureau so parents living apart support their children.

“Establish Child Maintenance Service Bureau to ensure that parents who live apart from their children contribute to the care of the child”

Not checkedThe aged · Manifesto · PDF page 151

Work with private firms to set up day centres and residential homes for the elderly.

“partner with the private sector to establish Day Centres and Residential Homes for the Elderly”

Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153

Pass the Persons with Disability (Amendment) Bill and an LI to back the 2006 Disability Act.

“passing the Person’s with Disability (Amendment) Bill and introducing a Legislative Instrument to augment the provisions of the Persons with Disability Act 2006, Act 715”

Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153

Strengthen and resource the National Council on Persons with Disability.

“strengthen and resource the National Council on Persons with Disability”

Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153

Build rehabilitation centres in the six new regions and regions without them.

“establish rehabilitation centres in the six newly created regions and in regions lacking such facilities”

Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153

Renovate existing rehabilitation centres to modern standards.

“prioritise the renovation of existing rehabilitation centres to ensure they meet modern standards”

Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153

Give targeted support to women with disabilities.

“provide targeted support for women with disabilities to promote their welfare and empowerment”

Not checkedZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155

Make sure the Women's Bank supports Muslim women's businesses.

“Ensure the National Women’s Bank provides tailored support for Muslim women”

Not checkedZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155

Extend LEAP to poor, aged, widows and orphans in deprived Muslim communities.

“Extend the LEAP support to some poor, aged, widows, and orphans in deprived Muslim communities”