General News of Tuesday, 9 February 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comGBC finally assigns sign interpreters to election petition coverageThe use of a sign interpreter is a big boost for inclusionWhen broadcast of the ongoing election petition case started on Monday, February 8, viewers saw a boost for inclusion efforts as sign language interpreters appeared at the bottom of the screen. The state-run Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, GBC, is one of the leading champions of integrating sign language, especially in its news programs. The presence of an interpreter was however absent since the Supreme Court began hearing the petition in mid-January. In May 2020, a sign language interpreter, Love Amissah, who spoke to GhanaWeb in an interview, bemoaned the treatment meted out to interpreters by some event organisers. “They tend to think that well he’s just an interpreter so is he really sure what he is doing?

Source: GhanaWeb February 09, 2021 14:03 UTC