Women sensitised on human rights

Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a non-governmental organisation which seeks to ensure human rights for all, has embarked on a series of sensitisation programmes in the Upper West region, to educate women and minors in the various communities on their human rights.

The LRC which works towards the promotion and protection of human rights through innovative community mobilisation strategies, undertook the programme in collaboration with Women and Minors Rights Committee of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to educate people more about their human rights and how to protect those rights against abuses.

Beneficiaries of the LRC-GBA initiative included students of the Lawra Senor High School and other groups such as hairdressers, farmers, teachers, weavers and traders.

Executive Director of the LRC, Ms. Daphne Nabila, at various fora in Wa, Lawra and Nadowli said: “the dignity of a person is paramount in every society” and therefore urged people to always go to the right organisation to seek support when their rights are violated instead of taking the law into their own hands.

She mentioned the Legal Aid Scheme, which was established by officers in Wa, Lawra and Nadowli, as an avenue to help people whose rights have been trampled upon.

According to her, the Legal Aid Scheme (LAS) is the first and best place to seek help because it is open to people whose human rights are violated and the services of lawyers are also free.

Mrs. Nabila also mentioned the law courts and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), as well as Department of Social Welfare as other avenues for people to seek redress when their rights are violated.

She stated that human beings form an integral part of society and therefore, the human rights enshrined in the 1992 constitution of Ghana should be respected.