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

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

Women and health workers helped restore Al-Tadamun Maternity Hospital in East Darfur after the collapse of public services. But when RSF fighters moved to take control of the facility, their efforts and the needs of the women who depended on it counted for little.

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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.

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

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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.

Society & DigitalThe Gender Lens

Ghana’s Styrofoam ban: Are women traders ready for the January deadline?

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Editorial illustration of two Ghanaian women traders at Makola Market in Accra discussing food packaging. One woman in a blue patterned dress and headwrap holds an open white Styrofoam container with Indomie noodles. The other woman holds brown paper-based takeaway boxes and banana leaves as alternatives. Behind them, market stalls display Banku and Tilapia with signs showing GH¢150 and GH¢200. A pile of discarded Styrofoam packs blocks a drain, highlighting plastic pollution. The scene captures the economic concerns of women vendors ahead of Ghana's Styrofoam ban.

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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

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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

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Obuasi SHTS: who knew, who acted, and who must answer?

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Illustration of empty school corridor with old complaint notices and Ghana-ribbon backpack waiting on bench.

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

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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.

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Sexual offenders register: what it can and cannot do for Ghana

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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

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Women leaving Ghana's prisons need more than an open gate

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Dr. Asomaning speaking at the launch

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Ghana trains tourism and travel stakeholders to identify human trafficking risks

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Min of Gender

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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.