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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

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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

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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

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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?

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

MoGCSP sensitises Tafsiliyya Islamic School pupils on preventing child marriage

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MoGCSP, UNFPA train facilitators to engage men and boys on gender equality

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Participants listening to the training

Ghanaian children call for action to end violence against children

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A Ghanaian teenage girl in a navy school blazer stands speaking confidently into a microphone during a national children's consultation on ending violence against children at a conference room in Accra. Other Ghanaian children aged 13 to 18, girls and boys in school uniforms and casual wear, sit around a table listening attentively. Behind them are flip charts covered with yellow and orange sticky notes and small Ghana flags. A female facilitator stands nearby listening. The image represents children's participation in shaping child protection policies.

Body & SafetyAnalysis

Ghana's HIV prevention funding gap is also a gender equality issue. Women and girls cannot afford to be an afterthought.

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Ghanaian health worker educating four young women about HIV prevention outdoors at a community clinic, with self-test kits and leaflets on the table, representing prevention funding gap affecting women and girls.

Ghana faces US$25.3m HIV prevention funding gap as domestic spending falls short

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Red ribbon with inscription HIV/AIDS

Ghana explores local production of HIV medicines to strengthen national health security

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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.

Veep Commends GNAT for Investing in Cancer Care Through ThankYouTeacher Campaign

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A section of guests at the launch of GNAT's ThankYouTeacher National Raffle Campaign

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.

Ghana’s 51,000 child sexual abuse reports: The danger does not end when a child goes offline

7 min read

Adult hands typing on a laptop displaying data charts and graphs on a wooden desk, with a small Ghana flag in the background, representing analysis of online child protection reports in Ghana.

Gender ministry deploys team to Obuasi to support students affected by alleged sexual abuse

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Illustration of four Ghanaian child protection officers from the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection meeting around a table with case files and a safety plan. Text reads Child Protection Response, Helplines: 0800-800-800 | 0800-900-900

Eco Impact Network promotes handwashing to prevent infectious diseases

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Four Ghanaian primary school pupils smiling while washing hands with soap at a handwashing station with basins and taps, assisted by a female facilitator, in front of SDA Primary School building at Nungua Buade with Global Handwashing Day posters.

Society & Digital

Complementary Education Agency trains 28 out-of-school club leaders in Ashanti

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Ghanaian female facilitator teaching adult club leaders in a classroom in Kumasi, with flip chart listing reproductive health, gender-based violence and personal safety, banner reading Complementary Education Agency Training for Out-of-School Club Leaders.

Obuasi SHS Headmaster Zakaria Abdulai Sues Manasseh Azure Awuni for GH¢2m

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Manasseh Azure

Hands Off Our Girls: Women Across Ghana Wear Red to Demand Justice for Obuasi SHTS Students

5 min read

Collage of the participants of the hands off our girls campaign

Obuasi SHTS: FIDA appeal raises questions about justice and school safeguards for girls

8 min read

Dr. Freda Prempeh

Obuasi SHTS: Can PTAs help prevent sexual abuse in Ghanaian schools?

7 min read

Dr. Freda Prempeh

Ebola preparedness in Ghana: Beyond reassurance, what must the health system deliver?

5 min read

Ghanaian female health worker in infection prevention gear writing on clipboard at Ghana Infectious Disease Centre entrance.

Obuasi SHTS allegations: Veep calls for law to take its course

6 min read

Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang

Ghana plans stronger school safeguarding measures following Obuasi SHTS abuse allegations

7 min read

Gender Minister in a meeting with Manasseh Azure, investigative journalist

Child Rights International says GES cannot be trusted to handle school abuse cases

3 min read

Executive Director Bright Appiah Child Rights International

GES directs two education directors to step aside over Obuasi SHTS investigation

4 min read

Illustration of Ghana Education Service headquarters building with official documents stamped "Under Investigation" on a desk.

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.

Body & SafetyAnalysisThe Gender Lens

Menopause in Ghana: The health transition too many women navigate alone

12 min read

Body & SafetyAnalysisThe Gender Lens

Musings of a feminist: who gets believed, who gets protected, who gets the microphone?

10 min read

Musings of a feminist by Bridget Mensah

Body & SafetyAnalysisCSW DeskData LensThe Gender Lens

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

7 min read

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

Ghana is Tier 1 on human trafficking. Are women and girls safer?

5 min read

Graphic showing Ghana is on Tier One in the 2026 Trafficking in Persons Report, with a gold number 1 trophy, globe focused on Africa, and Ghana flag colors.

Shai Osudoku residents urged to report barriers to social protection services

3 min read

A section of students at the events

LEAP payments monitored across Ghana’s 16 regions as Ministry checks delivery

3 min read

Beneficiaries of LEAP

Four girls receive psychosocial support while in protective care after alleged sexual abuse

3 min read

Body & SafetyOpinionThe Gender Lens

We Must All Be Feminists: A Call to Action

6 min read

women protesting

Body & SafetyPress release

Gender Lens Africa launches Through Her Lens campaign to spotlight gaps in justice for survivors

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GLA Illustration

MoneyThe Gender Lens

Ghana School Feeding Programme: Minister calls for accurate enrolment data to protect children’s meals

3 min read

Min of Gender

Schoolgirl facing media scrutiny after abuse allegations

We turn abused girls’ pain into entertainment

EssayBody & Safety10 min read

From jokes about a man's anatomy to party point-scoring, the public response to the Obuasi allegations suggests we are better at performing outrage than protecting children.

SCHOOL CHILDREN

Rape myths in Ghanaian classrooms are teaching children the wrong lesson

EssayBody & Safety7 min read

classroom debate about short skirts shows why Ghana must train teachers to challenge rape myths. This International Day of the Girl, that is where to start.