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Body & SafetyOpinionGlobal LensThe Gender Lens

When did women’s freedom become everyone’s problem?

From a demonstration demanding justice for schoolgirls in Obuasi to a wave of deadly genital-theft rumours spreading across Africa, a British columnist’s claim that feminism failed her generation and historic gains for women in America’s midterm elections, this week’s stories raise uncomfortable questions about power, freedom and accountability. Who gets to decide what women need, and who takes responsibility when institutions fail them?

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Musings of a Feminist banner by Gender Lens Africa with portrait of author in blue top.
AfricaAnalysisCSW DeskThe Gender Lens

Unpaid care work in Africa: who pays for what women do for free?

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An African woman wearing a blue and yellow patterned wrap carries a sleeping toddler on her back while stirring a pot of food over an outdoor stove. Around her are baskets of vegetables, a basin of laundry, and firewood. A translucent clock graphic overlays the scene with text reading "196 days vs 46 days - Average annual unpaid care work, Women vs Men in Africa." In the background, a rural homestead transitions into a colorful cobblestone street with fishing boats, representing Kenya and Cabo Verde.
Africa

African climate negotiators urged to put local communities at centre of climate action

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Dr Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN),
Culture & SportAnalysisThe Gender Lens

How much does Ghana pay the Black Queens? No one outside the ministry can say

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Ghanaian woman footballer in Black Queens kit and Ghanaian man footballer in Black Stars kit stand back-to-back in a stadium holding football boots
Body & SafetyAnalysisCSW DeskData LensThe Gender Lens

Period poverty in Africa needs more than pads, new research shows

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Ghanaian junior high school girls in classroom with free sanitary pad programme packs for public schools
AfricaOpinionThe Gender LensHer Space

Children's Rights Are Non-Negotiable: Inside The Gambia's Fight to Save Its FGM Ban - An Expert's Perspective

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Gambia CSO Coalition Against FGM/C
Culture & SportOpinionHer Space

A letter to Roxane, jama in Toronto and the price of a hydration break

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Five Ghanaian women in yellow Black Stars jerseys celebrate joyfully in Toronto's Sankofa Square at night in the rain. One mother carries a sleeping baby in a carrier, another plays a drum, another waves a small Ghanaian flag. They are clapping and singing jama after Ghana's win.
PowerOpinionThe Gender Lens

Building bridges & navigating polarisation: A PR professional's call to tell the stories that matter

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A Ghanaian PR professional with a microphone builds a glowing bridge of stories and light, connecting a city skyline to Congolese women rebuilding with baskets of food and seedlings visualizing storytelling as a bridge across polarisation.
AfricaPress releaseGlobal Lens

Equality Now calls for urgent action as backlash against women’s rights intensifies

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Deborah Nyokabi

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