CSPS held a seminar, on 28 October, on Increasing Access to Social Security and Social Insurance for Workers in the Informal Sector in Ghana. Dr. Rita Owusu-Amankwah explained that the informal sector employs the majority of people in the world, most of whom are unprotected from economic shocks to their livelihoods. Because of this, International Labour Organization (ILO) Recommendation No. 204 calls for member states to progressively extend social security, maternity protection, and decent work conditions for all informal workers .

Dr. Stephen Afranie, a researcher at CSPS, was invited by the Civil Society Platform for Social Protection-Ghana to facilitate a workshop on advocacy strategies for Ghana's Social Protection Bill. The workshop was held on October 16, 2021.

Click here for report on the event.

As part of the Growing Up on the Streets Fellowship Programme, CSPS Research Fellow Dr. Ernestina Dankyi (CSPS) and her colleagues explore the interaction of agency and vulnerability among street children and youth. 

Read more about the "Growing Up on the Streets" project here. 

Thursday, 9 September at 2 pm 

The Centre for Social Policy Studies at the University of Ghana hosted a 3-part webinar series on “Social Policy in Post-Covid Africa”, in collaboration with speakers from the Gender Equitable and Transformative Social Policy for a Post-Covid-19 Africa (GETSPA) and with funding from the Ghana Employment and Social Policy Programme (GESP) of the government of Ghana.