Humanist Association of Ghana

I hope more Ghanaian humanists will come forward and ensure that the Rational Center of Humanism in Ghana holds.Five years later, in 2012, a network of freethinkers was formed through social media.

[5][6][12] Their stated objectives are: In November 2012, the HAG organized a successful conference, bringing together humanists from around the world to discuss issues important to the development of humanism in Ghana.

[14][10] It discussed topics important to humanism, such as feminism, accusations of witchcraft in West Africa, and humanistic rites.

[8][15][11] In December 2017, HAG President Michael Assibey, in an interview with Accra-based Starr FM, openly stated that "it is not true that there is God but one can believe there is.

"[1] The HAG, together with the IHEU, called on Ghana to protect the human rights of all its people in a statement issued in February 2018 as part of the UNHRC Universal Periodic Review at the 37th session, stating that "harmful practices involving women and girls, such as genital mutilation, witchcraft, forced marriage, domestic violence and rape, are widespread.

Children suffer from poverty, and harmful practices such as child labour, sexual exploitation, early and forced marriage, violence and corporal punishment.

If we can do better, we must do better.In May 2020, the HAG sent an open letter to the Ghanaian parliament calling for the use of skepticism in its decision-making and pointing out errors in social and economic issues.

In response to a request from Foh-Amoaning, the executive director of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, in February 2021 to criminalise the promotion of LGBT+ rights and freedoms for Ghanaians, Ms. Angela Adatsi, Organising Secretary of The Humanist Association of Ghana, said for Accra-based Class FM that:[2]few days after I read the bill, I was in shock and I needed a few days to actually sit down and gather my thought about the whole bill because it is embarrassing ...