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How laws, courts and accountability work, and who they fail to protect.

JusticeAnalysisCSW DeskThe Gender Lens

Did Ghana keep its CSW70 justice pledges? A scorecard nearly eight months on

Ghana’s Gender Minister told the UN Commission on the Status of Women that the country was strengthening access to justice for women and girls. Nearly eight months later, the laws and institutional structures are largely in place, but evidence of their impact on women’s access to justice remains incomplete.

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A Ghanaian woman lawyer in a dark suit and kente scarf stands confidently outside the High Court in Accra, holding a folder labeled "CSW70 Justice Pledges Accountability Review." The Ghana flag flies behind her and scales of justice are visible on the court building.

JusticeCSW DeskGlobal LensThe Gender Lens

Ghana signed it in 2007. What has the Maputo Protocol delivered for women?

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A woman's hands hold a copy of the Maputo Protocol with African Union seal and Ghana flag pin

JusticeAnalysisCSW DeskGlobal LensThe Gender Lens

CSW70: Ghana already has the laws on justice for women, the test is whether women can use them

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A Ghanaian woman's hands hold a burgundy copy of Ghana's 1992 Constitution with scales of justice blurred in background

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.

JusticeOpinionCSW DeskThe Gender Lens

Ghana's working mothers betrayed behind fancy labour laws!

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A tired Ghanaian professional mother in a blue suit and kente headwrap holds her sleeping baby and a laptop bag, standing in an office corridor between a large dusty Labour Act 651 book and a padlocked door labeled Workplace Childcare symbolizing the gap between Ghana's maternal protection laws and reality.

Body & SafetyOpinionCSW DeskData LensThe Gender Lens

How African governments can lead the way on ending child marriage

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