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Dark background with outline of Ghana map. Text reads Gender Lens Africa POWER desk, NDC constituency elections 2026: who won, who fell. Icons at bottom show Men Chairmen vs Women Organisers

NDC constituency elections 2026: who won, who fell and what it means

Power5 min read

Infographic shows Ghana's Parliament seating chart with 276 seats. 40 seats in gold on the left represent women (14.5%), 236 seats in dark grey represent men (85.5%). A label highlights that 43 more women MPs are needed to reach the target of 83 women (30%) for gender equity. Text at bottom reads: Now 40/276 = 14.5% women, Current 236/276 = 85.5% men, Goal 83/276 = 30% women. Title: Ghana needs 43 more women MPs to reach 30%.

Ghana’s Parliament needs 43 more women MPs to meet the 30% affirmative action target

Power6 min read

Ghana's Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ghana returns to the UN Human Rights Council. What does this mean for women and girls?

Power8 min read

Mavis Hawa Koomson

Six women contested the NPP’s national executive elections. One won.

Power5 min read

Mavis Hawa Koomson

Hawa Koomson wants to give every woman pepper spray. Ghana's data shows why it won't be enough

Power9 min read

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

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

Power9 min read

Illustration pairing an older woman plaiting a girl’s hair with a woman at a desk holding a phone, labelled Then and Now

Who taught you to shrink? And who are you teaching not to?

Power7 min read