General News of Tuesday, 26 November 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comAmnesty International Ghana to probe sexual harassment on campusesDr Gyampo and Dr Butakor were implicated in BBC's 'Sex for Grades' documentaryAmnesty International Ghana, a non-governmental organization, has told JoyNews it intends to conduct research to establish the veracity of sexual harassment claims on university campuses. The Coordinator for Campaign and Fundraising for the organisation, Samuel Agbotsey, said this will start in the year 2020 with trained student investigators (researchers). “How many students out of thousand can report of an incident or having heard of a report or experienced sexual harassment from a lecturer? The BBC Africa Eye’s Sex For Grade documentary premiered in October implicated lecturers, including two from the University of Ghana, Legon. A fact-finding committee set up to investigate the matter concluded that Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Butakor breached the university's Code of Conduct.

Source: GhanaWeb November 26, 2019 03:56 UTC