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Body & SafetyOpinionThe Gender Lens

Obuasi SHTS: an award for the headmaster? Ghana must stop failing its girls

Sixteen girls were invited to testify. Four appeared. The committee found the allegations unsubstantiated, yet it reportedly recommended a special award for the interdicted headmaster. This must stop.

8 min read

An empty wooden chair in a quiet school corridor facing a closed headmaster’s office door, with a small trophy blurred in the background.
Body & SafetyOpinionGlobal LensThe Gender Lens

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

11 min read

Musings of a Feminist banner by Gender Lens Africa with portrait of author in blue top.
Body & SafetyGuest contributionThe Gender Lens

Who Deserves Care? Women at Al-Tadamun Hospital and the Priority of Arms

11 min read

Illustration of Sudanese women health workers in scrubs and headscarves, pregnant women, and mothers holding newborn babies wrapped in cloth, standing together in front of a maternity hospital building at dusk. To the left, an open door reveals an empty, lit operating theatre.
Body & SafetyOpinionThe Gender Lens

Part 3: When women's pain becomes prime-time entertainment how Ghana's media turns private trauma, marital conflict and sexual violence into public spectacle

14 min read

Illustration of a Ghanaian woman in a teal dress and gold headwrap sitting alone on a studio chair under harsh spotlights, shielding her eyes with her hand. A large TV camera and microphone are pointed at her, while a blurred presenter gestures to a studio audience behind her and social media play buttons and comment bubbles float above. A red stage curtain frames the scene. The image symbolises how private trauma is turned into public spectacle on Ghanaian television.
Body & SafetyAnalysisData LensThe Gender Lens

83% of new HIV infections among Ghanaian youth are young women but prevention only reaches 3 regions

6 min read

Three young Ghanaian women in colorful African print walking together confidently on a street in Accra, one carrying books.
Body & SafetyThe Gender Lens

Menopausal women are not witches: Gold Fields specialist challenges stigma and discrimination

2 min read

A large group of Ghanaian women, including personnel from the Ghana Police Service, Fire Service and Prisons Service in uniform and women in civilian clothes wearing pink ribbons, seated in a conference hall and listening attentively during a health education programme organised by Gold Fields Ghana. A cameraman records the session in the background. The image shows diverse women participating in a discussion on women's health and menopause.
Body & SafetyAnalysisThe Gender Lens

Musings of a feminist: who is protecting our young people, and what are we teaching women?

10 min read

Musings of a Feminist banner by Gender Lens Africa with portrait of author in blue top.
Body & SafetyAnalysisGlobal LensThe Gender Lens

From Sarah Baartman to Nicki Minaj: who gets to look at a Black woman’s body?

8 min read

Side-by-side diptych. Left: Nicki Minaj in a beige patterned jacket waves on stage at a political rally in Port Huron, Michigan, with Donald Trump standing behind her and a Make America Great Again banner visible. Right: Two women in a gallery view artworks referencing Sarah Baartman, including large collage portraits on the wall and a dark metal sculpture made of scrap parts depicting a figure from behind.
Body & SafetyGlobal LensThe Gender Lens

Trump praises Nicki Minaj’s body at Michigan rally and tells her to stand

3 min read

Watercolor-style illustration of a Black woman in a blazer seen from behind, standing at a microphone on a US political rally stage facing a large crowd. American flags flank the stage and translucent illustrated eyes float in the spotlight beams, symbolizing public appraisal and scrutiny of Black women's bodies in politics.
Body & SafetyAnalysisThe Gender Lens

When girls are put on trial: Obuasi, male entitlement and Africa’s fight over girls’ bodies

14 min read

Musings of a Feminist banner by Gender Lens Africa with portrait of author in blue top.
JusticeAnalysisCSW DeskData LensThe Gender Lens

After survivors report gender-based violence in Ghana, the data stops where justice should begin

9 min read

Abstract illustration showing a report with data turning into question marks before reaching a breaking justice scale over Ghana's map, with silhouette of a woman.
Body & SafetyAnalysisData LensThe Gender Lens

Perimenopause in Ghana: What women need to know about symptoms, treatment and work

18 min read

Ghanaian market trader in her late 40s holding a woven hand fan at her produce stall in Accra.

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