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Work, wealth, entrepreneurship and economic policy through a gender lens.

AfricaAnalysisCSW DeskThe Gender Lens

Unpaid care work in Africa: who pays for what women do for free?

Kenya and Cabo Verde have both written care into national policy. Their numbers show how far a policy goes before money and men’s time are needed.

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An African woman wearing a blue and yellow patterned wrap carries a sleeping toddler on her back while stirring a pot of food over an outdoor stove. Around her are baskets of vegetables, a basin of laundry, and firewood. A translucent clock graphic overlays the scene with text reading "196 days vs 46 days - Average annual unpaid care work, Women vs Men in Africa." In the background, a rural homestead transitions into a colorful cobblestone street with fishing boats, representing Kenya and Cabo Verde.

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.

MoneyAnalysisThe Gender Lens

When a university's reopening is delayed, who pays? The women behind KNUST's night market

6 min read

Night Market Legon

MoneyOpinionThe Gender Lens

The sea is taking more than homes from Ketu South’s women

8 min read

Blekusu shore

MoneyThe Gender Lens

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

3 min read

Min of Gender

MoneyCSW DeskThe Gender Lens

Ghana’s Affirmative Action Act: Gender-responsive budgeting puts public spending under scrutiny

3 min read

GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGETING

Body & SafetyAnalysisData LensThe Gender Lens

Breast cancer treatment carried an average economic cost of GH¢34,631 per patient in 2019. Who bears it?

4 min read

EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION

PowerAnalysisData LensThe Gender Lens

Ghana put GH¢400 million into a women’s bank. So where are the loans?

9 min read

Young Ghanaian market trader in Accra looking down road toward distant bank building, representing wait for Women's Development Bank

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The Maputo Protocol says this about women’s work. Ghana signed it in 2003

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