PRESS STATEMENT
World Day for
Safety and Health at Work
DATE: 28 April, 2013
Abibimman Foundation, Global
Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP-Ghana) and IDAY- Ghana, we call for decent work and green
jobs policies in Ghana as we celebrate World
Day for Safety and Health at Work
Worldwide, occupational diseases continue to be the
leading cause of work-related deaths. According to ILO estimates, out of 2.34
million occupational fatalities every year, only 321,000 are due to accidents.
The remaining 2.02 million deaths are caused by various types of work-related
diseases, which correspond to a daily average of more than 5,500 deaths. This
is an unacceptable Decent Work deficit,
According to (ILO)
Decent work is the best strategy to achieve sustainable
development that is centered on people. Social dialogue is the component of
decent work; it is a means of resolving conflict, for defending and promoting
rights at work
Unemployment and underemployment are forms of exclusions
that affect many people in Ghana. Employment has not featured as an important
macroeconomic variable over more than two decades of macroeconomic stabilization,
structural adjustment and economic liberalization
We are calling on government to come out with green jobs
policies, Placing gender equality and empowerment at the heart of its development,
preventative safety, health culture involving all stakeholders
On this day, we wish to remind NGOs, CSOs to advocate for
decent work targeting young people, decision makers, employers and government
We, at Abibimman
Foundation, AYICC –Ghana, GCAP-Ghana and IDAY-Ghana, believe we can achieve the
Millennium Development Goals thought decent work and green jobs
Kenneth Nana Amoateng
Chief Executive Officer
Abibiman Foundation
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