New Documentary on Keta Lagoon Salt Miners
TWN has produced a groundbreaking documentary on the small-scale salt miners of Ketu South District. If you would like to find out more after watching the video please click HERE
Small scale salt mining to create employment, increase revenues – Dr Graham
In an interview of the potentials of small scale salt mining, TWN Africa’s Dr. Yao Graham emphasized the need for the government to develop policy to support the participation of more Ghanaians in the sector. According to Dr. Graham,...
Ketu South artisanal and small scale salt miners fight for their livelihoods
TWN has a new publication on artisanal and small scale salt mining in the Ketu South district of Ghana which looks at the conflict brewing between local communities and a large scale salt company whose activities seek to deprive...
Ketu South Women in Small-Scale Salt Production
Women’s small-scale salt miners on the Keta lagoon threatened by large-scale salt mining companies. TWN, with National Coalition on Mining (NCOM) partners, undertook a fact-finding mission to the area to find out more about the situation and the communities...
Women’s Economic Empowerment Key to Girls’ Education
An initiative to keep girls in school by supporting income-generating activities for their mothers is bearing fruit in Burkina Faso, where poverty and cultural values still deprive many girls of an education, writes *Brahima Ouédraogo. We often buy notebooks...