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Body & SafetyGuest contributionThe Gender Lens

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.
JusticeAnalysis

Africa’s low death count hides a deeper crisis: who will end impunity for crimes against journalists?

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Four journalists dressed in black stand solemnly at dusk in front of a courthouse, holding black-and-white portraits of missing colleagues. In front of them, a folding chair draped with a yellow high-visibility vest marked PRESS sits empty, surrounded by lit candles and flowers, symbolizing a vigil for journalists killed, disappeared, or detained. The mood is somber and respectful.
JusticeAnalysisCSW DeskThe Gender Lens

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.
Society & Digital

Children in Effia-Kwesimintsim demand safer schools, better public facilities

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Children's Parliament in session at the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly, Western Region, Ghana. A teenage girl, Speaker Precious Aseidu Tetteh, stands at a wooden podium holding a gavel, wearing a light blue school uniform. Around her, Ghanaian school children aged 13 to 17 in blue uniforms sit attentively, some raising hands. Behind them, a blackboard lists Children's Parliament Demands: Safe Schools, Clean Washrooms, Drinking Water, Classroom Space, Streetlights, Safe Roads, Disability-Friendly Facilities, Scholarships, School Feeding. Ghana flags and a sign reading Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly Children's Parliament hang on the wooden walls.
Society & Digital

Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang urges district assemblies to make disability fund deliver tangible benefits

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Editorial illustration showing disability inclusion in Ghana under the 5% District Assemblies Common Fund allocation. On the left, a Ghanaian woman teacher in a wheelchair teaches fractions at a blackboard. In the centre, a Ghanaian man with glasses and a walking cane works on a laptop in an office with a project tracker behind him. On the right, a Ghanaian woman with a prosthetic leg runs a market stall labelled 'Ama's Goods - Fresh Fair Prices' selling tomatoes and mangoes. In the background, a District Assembly building flies the Ghana flag. Bottom banner highlights 5% Fund Allocation supporting education, employment and access, with icons for hearing aid and mobility aid support. The banner reads Disability Inclusion in Ghana.
Justice

Ghana to fund mother's US trip for funeral of teenager killed in New York

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School portrait of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong, a Ghanaian teenager who was fatally shot while walking to school in the Bronx, New York.
JusticeAnalysis

Beyond an apology: Why reparatory justice must also account for what slavery took from African women

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Editorial illustration of three generations of African women an elderly woman, a young woman and a young girl wearing orange-brown traditional cloth and headwraps, standing together and looking forward with strength and dignity. Broken chains lie shattered on the ground at their feet, not on their bodies. The background is parchment-textured with faint Adinkra symbols including Sankofa, outlines of African masks, drums, clay pots and old colonial maps of Africa, symbolizing heritage, memory, cultural restitution and the gendered legacy of the transatlantic slave trade. The bottom text reads "GENDER LENS AFRICA - REPARATORY JUSTICE - HERITAGE - MEMORY - RETURN - RESTORATION".
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Apology alone cannot repair slavery's legacy, Mahama tells UK as Ghana sets five priorities for talks

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President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama delivering a speech
JusticeAnalysis

Ghana plans 2,400 social service recruits. But who protects children while they wait?

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Empty social welfare office desk in Ghana with referral files and small children's shoes on floor, representing children waiting for child protection services.
Justice

Ghana plans to recruit 2,400 social service workers to strengthen child protection

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A cross section of participants at the event
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
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Obuasi SHTS Headmaster Says Rape Complainant Is Aged 20 to 21 and Has a Child

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Obuasi SHS headmaster
Society & Digital

Obuasi SHTS to Reopen to Continuing Students Next Week, GES Says

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Entrance Obuasi SHTS
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MWAG pledges medical support for students affected by Obuasi SHTS sexual abuse allegations

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Entrance Obuasi SHTS
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NDC suspends Daniel Nortey after rape remarks as apology follows public backlash

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

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Manasseh Azure
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Obuasi SHTS headmaster says he has been cautioned and granted bail as rape complaint awaits legal advice

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Obuasi SHS headmaster
Body & Safety

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

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Collage of the participants of the hands off our girls campaign
Body & Safety

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

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Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang
Justice

Obuasi SHS headmaster rape case: Police send docket to Attorney-General

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Scales of justice in focus with a blurred court building in the background, symbolizing the Obuasi Senior High Technical School alleged rape case investigation forwarded by Ghana Police to the Attorney-General's Office for legal advice.
Body & Safety

Ghana plans stronger school safeguarding measures following Obuasi SHTS abuse allegations

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Gender Minister in a meeting with Manasseh Azure, investigative journalist
JusticeAnalysisThe Gender Lens

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.
Justice

Labone SHS indecent assault trial adjourned to November 16 as cross-examination continues

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A judge's gavel
JusticeAnalysisCSW DeskData LensThe Gender Lens

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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AWLA Ghana calls for national sexual offenders register to protect schoolgirls

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JusticeAnalysisThe Gender Lens

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

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GLA Illustration
Body & Safety

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

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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

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