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Min of Gender in a photograph with other reps

Ghana showcases gender policies and women's economic empowerment agenda at Commonwealth Women's Forum

Power4 min read

Seven Ghanaian women parliamentarians in suits and kente cloth walk down the steps outside the Parliament of Ghana building in Accra at sunset. The Ghana flag flies above the white parliament building.

Women in African politics: more seats, but men still control decisions

Power11 min read

Illustration of a young Ghanaian woman journalist in a gold blazer holding a notebook and magnifying glass, watching a large crowd holding up glowing phones toward a giant screen showing a sensational scandal-style graphic with a heart and comment bubble. A small scale in the foreground balances a likes icon against a blank document, symbolising public interest versus public curiosity in Ghana's media.

Part 4: We want the scandal. Who is feeding our appetite?

Society & Digital14 min read

Illustration of a Ghanaian woman in a teal dress and gold headwrap sitting alone on a studio chair under harsh spotlights, shielding her eyes with her hand. A large TV camera and microphone are pointed at her, while a blurred presenter gestures to a studio audience behind her and social media play buttons and comment bubbles float above. A red stage curtain frames the scene. The image symbolises how private trauma is turned into public spectacle on Ghanaian television.

Part 3: When women's pain becomes prime-time entertainment how Ghana's media turns private trauma, marital conflict and sexual violence into public spectacle

Body & Safety14 min read

Illustration split in two. On the left, a tired young Ghanaian female journalist in a teal blazer sits at a worn desk holding an empty wallet and a notebook, with a cracked phone and unpaid bills in front of her. On the right, a glamorous media business stage with spotlights, balloons, a trophy, stacks of money and executives celebrating at a sponsored event. The image symbolises the gap between struggling journalists and a booming media business in Ghana.

Part 2: The journalist is broke, the business is booming who profits from Ghana's media industry while the people producing the news struggle to survive?

Money14 min read

Illustration of a young Ghanaian female journalist in a teal blazer sitting at a newsroom desk with a notebook, looking up with concern as three large shadowy hands loom over her — one holding a telephone receiver, one holding an envelope of cash, and one holding a television remote. On her desk is a microphone taped shut with an X, crumpled newspaper pages, and a torn story marked with a red X. Three monitors glow behind her. The image symbolises phone calls, advertising money and political control pressuring Ghanaian newsrooms to kill stories.

Part 1: The fourth estate on sale? Who controls Ghana's newsrooms, why are stories being killed, and what happens when journalists censor themselves?

Power11 min read

Ghanaian woman in blue and gold African print dress and headwrap holds a young child in the doorway of a modest home in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. Floating around them are semi-transparent digital overlays from the Ghana National Household Registry showing Household ID GH-HR-0028471, female head of household, 4 members, location, poverty score 4.2 out of 10 marked as high vulnerability, verification at 72 percent, income security low, access to social protection pending, and a QR code. Multiple glowing question marks float around the data, symbolizing questions about data accuracy, fairness and accountability in social protection targeting.

Ghana’s household registry holds nearly three million households. But can the data deliver social protection fairly?

Society & Digital13 min read

Ghana establishes committee to review data on nearly three million households

Power2 min read

A young African woman journalist with a press badge sits at a cluttered desk in a dim newsroom, looking concerned. On the desk is an empty open wallet, scattered low-denomination banknotes, and a document with large hand-drawn question marks symbolizing insecure contracts. A large glowing holographic robotic hand holds a microchip toward her, representing artificial intelligence. In the blurred background, a male colleague sits with white tape over his mouth, symbolizing self-censorship and silenced reporters. City skyline visible through window.

African journalism cannot afford an AI revolution built on insecure jobs and silenced reporters

Society & Digital13 min read

Five African journalists, including three women, one wearing a hijab, gather around a laptop in a bright newsroom in Addis Ababa. The laptop screen shows a dashboard labeled "Responsible AI Monitoring" with charts, bias checks, fact-check verification and source verification metrics. Light blue icons overlay the scene: a microphone with a shield, handshake with gear, shield with checkmark, and scales of justice — symbolizing responsible AI, decent work and media ethics. Ethiopian flag visible on a corkboard in the background.

African journalists adopt action plan on responsible AI and newsroom labour rights

Society & Digital3 min read

Ghanaian female journalist in navy blazer with African print collar and press ID badge holds a microphone in a newsroom. Behind her on a corkboard are documents labeled "CODE OF ETHICS," "SAFETY PROTOCOL - CONFIDENTIAL," and an illustration of scales of justice. In the blurred background, a silhouetted man in a suit stands with his back turned in front of large windows overlooking a government building. The image illustrates the tension between media self-regulation and protecting journalists who hold power to account.

Ghana's media cannot regulate itself on ethics alone. Who protects journalists when power is challenged?

Society & Digital17 min read

Five people pose for a group photo at a public forum in Accra. In the centre, Ghana's Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations Samuel Nartey George, wearing a blue suit and light blue tie, stands beside a freestanding poster that reads "Model Safety of Journalists Policy" with icons of a camera, microphone, and notebook. He is flanked by a woman in a black dress with a turquoise necklace on the left, a man in a brown traditional outfit, a female police officer in uniform with her hand on her waist, and a man in a white traditional shirt on the right. Behind them is a purple banner with the words "Public Forum" partially visible. The event was organised by the Media Foundation for West Africa on ending impunity for crimes against journalists.

Ghana government backs media self-regulation, urges newsrooms to strengthen journalist safety

Society & Digital3 min read

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.

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

Justice7 min read

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.

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

Justice13 min read

Three young Ghanaian women in colorful African print walking together confidently on a street in Accra, one carrying books.

83% of new HIV infections among Ghanaian youth are young women but prevention only reaches 3 regions

Body & Safety6 min read

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.

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

Society & Digital9 min read

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.

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

Society & Digital3 min read

Liverpool FC Foundation, Right To Play target 650,000 Ghanaian children with early education programme

Society & Digital3 min read

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

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

Society & Digital2 min read

Editorial illustration of a Ghanaian woman farmer in northern Ghana holding drought-tolerant seeds in her hands, standing in a dry farm field with wilted maize crops. In the background, Lake Volta is shown with receding water levels and the Akosombo Dam faintly visible under a hot, hazy sun with baobab trees. Foreground details include a water harvesting container with a tap and a thermometer showing 38 degrees Celsius, symbolizing Ghana's hotter and drier season warning, risks to farming, water and power due to very strong El Niño as forecast by the Ghana Meteorological Agency.

Ghana faces hotter, drier months as GMet warns of El Niño risks to farming, water and power

Society & Digital4 min read

A large group of Ghanaian women, including personnel from the Ghana Police Service, Fire Service and Prisons Service in uniform and women in civilian clothes wearing pink ribbons, seated in a conference hall and listening attentively during a health education programme organised by Gold Fields Ghana. A cameraman records the session in the background. The image shows diverse women participating in a discussion on women's health and menopause.

Menopausal women are not witches: Gold Fields specialist challenges stigma and discrimination

Body & Safety2 min read

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

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

Justice3 min read

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".

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

Justice7 min read

President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama delivering a speech

Apology alone cannot repair slavery's legacy, Mahama tells UK as Ghana sets five priorities for talks

Justice3 min read

Musings of a Feminist banner by Gender Lens Africa with portrait of author in blue top.

Musings of a feminist: who is protecting our young people, and what are we teaching women?

Body & Safety10 min read

MoGCSP sensitises Tafsiliyya Islamic School pupils on preventing child marriage

Body & Safety2 min read

Group picture of the participants and facilitators

MoGCSP trains officers in project preparation and planning

Power2 min read

MoGCSP, UNFPA train facilitators to engage men and boys on gender equality

Body & Safety2 min read

A Ghanaian teenage girl in a navy school blazer stands speaking confidently into a microphone during a national children's consultation on ending violence against children at a conference room in Accra. Other Ghanaian children aged 13 to 18, girls and boys in school uniforms and casual wear, sit around a table listening attentively. Behind them are flip charts covered with yellow and orange sticky notes and small Ghana flags. A female facilitator stands nearby listening. The image represents children's participation in shaping child protection policies.

Ghanaian children call for action to end violence against children

Body & Safety2 min read

Ghanaian health worker educating four young women about HIV prevention outdoors at a community clinic, with self-test kits and leaflets on the table, representing prevention funding gap affecting women and girls.

Ghana's HIV prevention funding gap is also a gender equality issue. Women and girls cannot afford to be an afterthought.

Body & Safety9 min read

Ghana faces US$25.3m HIV prevention funding gap as domestic spending falls short

Body & Safety3 min read

A Ghanaian female pharmaceutical technician in a white lab coat and blue hair net inspects a bottle of antiretroviral medicine inside a modern pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Ghana. In the background, a Ghana flag hangs on the wall and medicine blister packs move along a production line. On the stainless steel table in front of her are boxes labeled HIV Test Kit, PrEP, and Condoms 12 Pack, with blister packs of tablets. The image represents Ghana's ambition to locally manufacture HIV medicines, diagnostics and prevention commodities to strengthen health security and access.

Ghana wants to make its own HIV medicines. But will local production make treatment more accessible?

Money8 min read

Ghana explores local production of HIV medicines to strengthen national health security

Body & Safety3 min read

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

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

Justice9 min read

A cross section of participants at the event

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

Justice3 min read

Kojo Osei-Ghansah, Ghanaian feminist ally and digital creator, poses in a white traditional African outfit with intricate gold embroidery. Photo taken outdoors in a lush green garden setting. Feature image for Her Space column on male allyship and the cost of speaking out for women's rights in Ghana.

Kojo Osei-Ghansah: the Ghanaian feminist ally women didn't recruit

PortraitSociety & Digital9 min read

Digital creator Kojo Osei-Ghansah on why he took “feminist” out of his own bio, what allyship costs him, why he keeps naming names on the Obuasi SHTS case, and why he still isn't satisfied with how far Ghanaian men have come.

Thirteen young Ghanaian athletes, six girls and seven boys, posing together in Ghana's red, yellow, green and black sportswear on a beach in Dakar, holding equipment for athletics, badminton, boxing, judo, swimming, table tennis, beach volleyball and taekwondo

Team Ghana at Dakar 2026: 13 young athletes, eight sports and no public budget

Culture & Sport4 min read

Aerial view of Dakar's Abdoulaye Wade Stadium lit in Senegal's green, yellow and red at sunset, with silhouettes of young African athletes on a track below and graphic overlays of scales, charts and coins symbolizing cost vs benefit

Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics: what Africa's first Olympic event means, and what it costs

Society & Digital5 min read

Six young athletes of the first Refugee Olympic Team for the Youth Olympic Games jumping joyfully in yellow tracksuits, holding signs that read "See You in Dakar" at their training camp in Kaptagat, Kenya.

Displaced but Not Defeated: The young refugees finding their place at Dakar 2026

Society & Digital8 min read

Split image. Left: A boardroom with 11 people, one Ghanaian woman in Kente scarf among ten men in suits around a conference table with a document labeled 'POWER AUDIT NPP 2024' and Ghana flag in corner, illustrating one woman in 11 national posts. Right: Three Ghanaian women in professional attire with Kente accents sit at same table holding folder labeled 'POWER AUDIT NDC 2024' in front of large Ghana flag, looking toward the other side, representing women waiting to be counted in incomplete NDC results.

NPP vs NDC: Which party gives women power, not just positions?

Power7 min read

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.

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

Africa7 min read

Side-by-side diptych. Left: Nicki Minaj in a beige patterned jacket waves on stage at a political rally in Port Huron, Michigan, with Donald Trump standing behind her and a Make America Great Again banner visible. Right: Two women in a gallery view artworks referencing Sarah Baartman, including large collage portraits on the wall and a dark metal sculpture made of scrap parts depicting a figure from behind.

From Sarah Baartman to Nicki Minaj: who gets to look at a Black woman’s body?

Body & Safety8 min read

Watercolor-style illustration of a Black woman in a blazer seen from behind, standing at a microphone on a US political rally stage facing a large crowd. American flags flank the stage and translucent illustrated eyes float in the spotlight beams, symbolizing public appraisal and scrutiny of Black women's bodies in politics.

Trump praises Nicki Minaj’s body at Michigan rally and tells her to stand

Body & Safety3 min read

Dr Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN),

African climate negotiators urged to put local communities at centre of climate action

Africa3 min read

Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s ‘Agency for the Dead’ opens in cinemas on October 30

Culture & Sport2 min read

A young Ghanaian woman in a navy blazer and kente scarf stands at a campaign registration table in Ghana holding nomination papers. Behind her, campaign posters of male candidates cover a wall decorated with Ghana flags. On the table are stacks of papers, a calculator, and small piles of cash and coins, symbolizing the high cost of entering politics.

Ghanaian women do not just need a seat in politics. They need to afford one

Power6 min read

Money politics is pushing women and youth out, says Inusah Fuseini

Power2 min read

Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang delivering a speech at the event

Ghana’s market women demonstrate leadership but need greater access to finance, Vice President says

Money3 min read

Vice President receives Yokama title, calls for stronger support for women and girls

Culture & Sport3 min read

A section of guests at the launch of GNAT's ThankYouTeacher National Raffle Campaign

Veep Commends GNAT for Investing in Cancer Care Through ThankYouTeacher Campaign

Body & Safety2 min read

Laptop showing inflation chart with Ghana cedi price tags and digital network overlay, Bank of Ghana building in background.

Bank of Ghana researchers propose AI tool for near real-time inflation tracking

Money4 min read

Gender Minister explores support for disability centre seeking better training facilities and market access

Society & Digital4 min read

Sena Setordzi Dorvlo, newly elected Vice-Chairman of Ho Central NDC, sitting on a green couch holding a smartphone, wearing orange traditional outfit

Women in Ghana’s political parties: who actually holds the power?

Power7 min read

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

Dansoman Market fire victims receive support to rebuild businesses

Money2 min read

Gender Minister Calls for Stronger Canada–Africa Cooperation to Advance Women’s Economic Inclusion

Money2 min read

Ghana celebrates the Black Maidens. What happens to these girls after the World Cup?

Culture & Sport7 min read

President Mahama and other world leaders

Mahama urges African leaders to embrace Accra Reset at Tana Forum

Power2 min read

Black Maidens beat Canada to reach U-17 Women’s World Cup last 16

Culture & Sport3 min read

When girls are put on trial: Obuasi, male entitlement and Africa’s fight over girls’ bodies

Body & Safety14 min read

Adult hands typing on a laptop displaying data charts and graphs on a wooden desk, with a small Ghana flag in the background, representing analysis of online child protection reports in Ghana.

Ghana’s 51,000 child sexual abuse reports: The danger does not end when a child goes offline

Body & Safety7 min read

Illustration of four Ghanaian child protection officers from the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection meeting around a table with case files and a safety plan. Text reads Child Protection Response, Helplines: 0800-800-800 | 0800-900-900

Gender ministry deploys team to Obuasi to support students affected by alleged sexual abuse

Body & Safety3 min read

Ghanaian woman footballer in Black Queens kit and Ghanaian man footballer in Black Stars kit stand back-to-back in a stadium holding football boots

How much does Ghana pay the Black Queens? No one outside the ministry can say

Culture & Sport6 min read

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

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

Justice5 min read

Two Ghanaian women in a recording studio, one singing at a microphone, one writing lyrics in a notebook

What 21 hiplife tracks say about women's bodies

Culture & Sport5 min read

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

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

Justice7 min read

A woman holds a smartphone showing a permission request to access contacts, with contact icons floating in the background

Your contacts didn't take that loan. Why should a loan app call them?

Society & Digital5 min read

ALT: Ghanaian woman looking at phone with digital safety icons overlay, Ghana flag in background, concept of online abuse and cybersecurity law.

Five forms of online abuse against women in Ghana and what the law says

Society & Digital5 min read

Schoolgirl facing media scrutiny after abuse allegations

We turn abused girls’ pain into entertainment

EssayBody & Safety10 min read

From jokes about a man's anatomy to party point-scoring, the public response to the Obuasi allegations suggests we are better at performing outrage than protecting children.

Four Ghanaian primary school pupils smiling while washing hands with soap at a handwashing station with basins and taps, assisted by a female facilitator, in front of SDA Primary School building at Nungua Buade with Global Handwashing Day posters.

Eco Impact Network promotes handwashing to prevent infectious diseases

Body & Safety3 min read

Two young Ghanaian TVET students, a woman and a man, working together at a workbench with laptops and tablets displaying AI interfaces, surrounded by electronics, circuit boards and a 3D printer in a technical workshop.

NDPC urges TVET institutions to integrate AI and digital literacy into training

Society & Digital3 min read

Ghanaian female facilitator teaching adult club leaders in a classroom in Kumasi, with flip chart listing reproductive health, gender-based violence and personal safety, banner reading Complementary Education Agency Training for Out-of-School Club Leaders.

Complementary Education Agency trains 28 out-of-school club leaders in Ashanti

Society & Digital3 min read

Clipboard with safeguarding audit checklist in front of Ghanaian senior high school building with three female students walking away in school uniforms.

Eduwatch calls for nationwide audit of sexual harassment in Ghanaian secondary schools

Society & Digital4 min read

Obuasi SHTS Headmaster Says Rape Complainant Is Aged 20 to 21 and Has a Child

Justice3 min read

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

Society & Digital2 min read

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

Justice3 min read

Ghana Medical Trust Fund extends healthcare campaign to Northern and Upper East regions

Society & Digital3 min read

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

Justice6 min read

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

Justice5 min read

Fathers get one-eighth of mothers’ paid parental leave. Ghana gives fathers no statutory paternity leave

Money7 min read

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

Justice4 min read

Collage of the participants of the hands off our girls campaign

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

Body & Safety5 min read

Obuasi SHTS: FIDA appeal raises questions about justice and school safeguards for girls

Body & Safety8 min read

Obuasi SHTS: Can PTAs help prevent sexual abuse in Ghanaian schools?

Body & Safety7 min read

Seven Missing Ghanaian Fishermen Located in Togo’s Waters as Rescue Efforts Continue

Society & Digital3 min read

128 SUVs for MMDCEs What should residents expect in return?

Power7 min read

When the gold runs out: Who protects mining communities from poverty?

Power8 min read

Ghanaian female health worker in infection prevention gear writing on clipboard at Ghana Infectious Disease Centre entrance.

Ebola preparedness in Ghana: Beyond reassurance, what must the health system deliver?

Body & Safety5 min read

Ghana Pays GH¢24.8bn to Statutory Funds: What Does It Mean for Public Services?

Power6 min read

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

Body & Safety6 min read

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.

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

Justice3 min read

Volta Regional Minister handing over cash to one of the Hohoe flood victims

625 flood-affected people receive emergency cash support in Hohoe

Money3 min read

Women leaders from across Africa at the EGUMENI DIALOGUE

Ghana highlights Women’s Development Bank at African Union dialogue on women’s economic inclusion

Money7 min read

Gender Minister in a meeting with Manasseh Azure, investigative journalist

Ghana plans stronger school safeguarding measures following Obuasi SHTS abuse allegations

Body & Safety7 min read

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

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

Justice13 min read

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

Justice2 min read

Executive Director Bright Appiah Child Rights International

Child Rights International says GES cannot be trusted to handle school abuse cases

Body & Safety3 min read

Illustration of Ghana Education Service headquarters building with official documents stamped "Under Investigation" on a desk.

GES directs two education directors to step aside over Obuasi SHTS investigation

Body & Safety4 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.

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

Justice9 min read

Ghanaian market trader in her late 40s holding a woven hand fan at her produce stall in Accra.

Perimenopause in Ghana: What women need to know about symptoms, treatment and work

Body & Safety18 min read

Menopause in Ghana: The health transition too many women navigate alone

Body & Safety12 min read

Musings of a feminist: who gets believed, who gets protected, who gets the microphone?

Body & Safety10 min read

Ghanaian junior high school girls in classroom with free sanitary pad programme packs for public schools

Period poverty in Africa needs more than pads, new research shows

Body & Safety7 min read

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

Power8 min read

Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Ghana’s Minister for Finance.

Ghana announces €323m water and sanitation funding for northern cities

Society & Digital4 min read

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

Money6 min read

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

Money8 min read

Graphic showing Ghana is on Tier One in the 2026 Trafficking in Persons Report, with a gold number 1 trophy, globe focused on Africa, and Ghana flag colors.

Ghana is Tier 1 on human trafficking. Are women and girls safer?

Body & Safety5 min read

AWLA Ghana calls for national sexual offenders register to protect schoolgirls

Justice3 min read

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

Justice10 min read

Shai Osudoku residents urged to report barriers to social protection services

Body & Safety3 min read

LEAP payments monitored across Ghana’s 16 regions as Ministry checks delivery

Money3 min read

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

Body & Safety3 min read

Venn diagram showing People + Equal Rights = Feminist

Ghana has always had powerful women. So why is equality still a fight?

EssayPower8 min read

From the Asantehemaa and Yaa Asantewaa to Makola’s market women, Ghana’s history is rich with examples of women exercising power. But authority has never guaranteed equality, safety or a voice in every room.

Children's Rights Are Non-Negotiable: Inside The Gambia's Fight to Save Its FGM Ban - An Expert's Perspective

Africa7 min read

We Must All Be Feminists: A Call to Action

Body & Safety6 min read

Gender Lens Africa launches Through Her Lens campaign to spotlight gaps in justice for survivors

Body & Safety4 min read

We have the numbers but not the power

Power6 min read

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

Justice10 min read

Dr. Abena Asomaning launches three books and auctions paintings to support incarcerated women and young people

Culture & Sport5 min read

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

Money3 min read

Ghana Gender Minister engages husband of Nana Akua Addo as family welfare support continues

Body & Safety2 min read

Ghana trains tourism and travel stakeholders to identify human trafficking risks

Justice3 min read

Ghana Gender Minister visits Nana Akua Addo after reports of alleged domestic abuse

Body & Safety2 min read

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

Money3 min read

Ghana reviews support services for women and girls experiencing violence

Body & Safety3 min read

Rape myths in Ghanaian classrooms are teaching children the wrong lesson

EssayBody & Safety7 min read

classroom debate about short skirts shows why Ghana must train teachers to challenge rape myths. This International Day of the Girl, that is where to start.

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

Body & Safety4 min read

Ghana records about 5,000 breast cancer cases a year. Why are so many women diagnosed late?

Body & Safety6 min read

Trauma-aware reporting guide for Ghana

Body & Safety7 min read

Stop sharing abuse videos: What trauma-aware reporting looks like in Ghana

Body & Safety5 min read

Love, power, and politics: Unpacking spousal influence in Ghanaian leadership

Power5 min read

Lost in the System: Navigating Healthcare Bureaucracy in Ghana

Body & Safety2 min read

Eunice Tornyi, Fati Shaibu-Ali, Mercy Bee, Sweetie Aklika

The Freedom Our Media Industry Won't Discuss

Power11 min read

An illustrated young Ghanaian woman stands at a fork in a forest path, looking thoughtfully ahead. On the left path sits a bear silhouette in the woods, on the right path a lone male silhouette walks away — visualizing the viral question about who women feel safer with, and why.

The bear was right: an honest explainer on why feminism still matters

Power10 min read

This World Cup in 3 parts: borders, debts, and referees

Culture & Sport9 min read

Five Ghanaian women in yellow Black Stars jerseys celebrate joyfully in Toronto's Sankofa Square at night in the rain. One mother carries a sleeping baby in a carrier, another plays a drum, another waves a small Ghanaian flag. They are clapping and singing jama after Ghana's win.

A letter to Roxane, jama in Toronto and the price of a hydration break

Culture & Sport7 min read

What Korea's Silent Revolution Should Be Telling Ghana and Africa

Power6 min read

Victims of a Legend

EssayPower8 min read

The Women Daddy Lumba Left Behind,

Three Ghanaian Junior High School girls in green school uniforms smile confidently in a classroom while holding packets of sanitary pads. Behind them a blackboard reads 'Menstrual Health Club - Today's Topic: Health & Confidence, Periods Are Normal, Stay Strong!' Posters about menstrual hygiene are on the wall.

What Bleeding Costs

EssaySociety & Digital9 min read

On March 19, Greater Accra announced one million free sanitary pads for Ghanaian schoolgirls. The internet responded with mockery. From 95% absenteeism in rural schools to a 35% tax on pads as “luxury goods,” Bridget Mensah argues that Ghana’s contempt for period poverty is not a joke it’s costing girls their education, their health, and their futures.

Akorfa at past 10pm. The lunchboxes are packed, the medication is sorted, and the list is still not finished. Photo illustration / Gender Lens Africa

She Woke Up First and Went to Bed Last. A Court Just Called That a Rights Violation.

EssayPower10 min read

A historic 2025 court ruling says what women have always known the 16 billion hours of unpaid care work they do daily is not just unfair, it's a human rights violation.

Unbalanced scale showing well-funded organized network outweighing grassroots women's groups.

The coordinated push to roll back women's progress: A global battle for equality

EssayJustice7 min read

According to the World Bank, not a single country has achieved full legal equality. A new Equality Now report, Progress and Backlash, reveals why: the forces rolling back women's rights are well-funded, coordinated across continents, and writing the bills while women's rights groups fight to keep the lights on.

Illustration of women leaders seated at long table in Jubilee House banquet hall with blurred dancing figure in center. Text: They Danced, and Ghana Looked Away.

They Danced, and Ghana Looked Away

EssayPower7 min read

On February 19, 2026, Ghana's Presidency gathered its most powerful women in one room at Jubilee House to talk leadership and public trust. Bridget Mensah was there. Then the Vice President danced, and the country forgot everything else that was said.

When Religious Freedom Becomes a Weapon Against Girls

EssayJustice6 min read

As The Gambia's Supreme Court hears a case to overturn its 2015 FGM ban in the name of religious freedom, Bridget Mensah argues this is more than a legal battle in Banjul it's a test of whether Africa will allow tradition to trump girls' right to bodily integrity.

Dear Men: A Feminist's Christmas Wishlist

EssaySociety & Digital9 min read

Things We'd Like to Leave in 2025

A young Ghanaian professional woman looks at her phone and laptop as toxic comment bubbles surround her — “Shut up! Stop speaking,” “Go back to the kitchen,” “Fake news, deepfake,” “We know where you live” with silhouettes of manosphere podcasters in background. Orange watercolour style for 16 Days of Activism.

16 Days of Activism: The threat in the comments

EssaySociety & Digital8 min read

For 16 Days of Activism, UN Women warns digital violence is the fastest-growing threat to women. Bridget Mensah on why posting a promotion now invites rape threats — and why silence is what they really want.

A Ghanaian woman sits alone on a bed, hands covering her face in distress, surrounded by shadowy figures pointing and whispering, with a fertility chart showing male and female factors equally on the wall behind depicting the psychological toll of infertility blame on women.

When women lie about who fathered their children

Body & Safety5 min read

A Ghanaian PR professional with a microphone builds a glowing bridge of stories and light, connecting a city skyline to Congolese women rebuilding with baskets of food and seedlings visualizing storytelling as a bridge across polarisation.

Building bridges & navigating polarisation: A PR professional's call to tell the stories that matter

Power7 min read

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.

Ghana's working mothers betrayed behind fancy labour laws!

Justice5 min read

Network of Women in Broadcasting (NOWIB) Commemorates World Press Freedom Day 2025

Power4 min read

Network of Women in Broadcasting (NOWIB) Officially Launched in Ghana

Power3 min read

Ayishatu Ali-Zakaria presenting items to a female team

Ayishatu Zakaria Ali: The journalist who won't let us forget our female athletes

PortraitCulture & Sport4 min read

She takes midnight calls from unpaid female athletes. She wears her hijab proudly in the press box. Meet Ayishatu Zakaria Ali, the goddess who dares.

Front entrance of Ga East Municipal Hospital in Kwabenya, Ghana, showing the covered walkway with cream and yellow pillars and a welcome sign that reads 'Welcome to Ga East Municipal Hospital'. Sunny daytime exterior shot.

Dear Sis, I Was Red Bed 3

Body & Safety6 min read

Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, Deputy Chief of Staff of Ghana and former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, smiling in a colorful Kente-inspired off-shoulder dress with a pink clutch.

She Is a Woman. That Does Not Make Her a Feminist.

Justice5 min read

Rosalind Koramah Amoh, Ghana women's football, female sports journalists Ghana, Black Queens, Graphic Sports

The Woman Who Held the Microphone First

Culture & Sport8 min read

Graphic marking UN Women's 15th anniversary.

Fifteen Years of Truth-Telling: Why UN Women Deserves Our Gratitude

Justice6 min read

A pregnant woman lying on a clinic bed during antenatal check, midwife's hands holding her belly, illustrating Ghana's maternal health crisis where access does not guarantee survival.

Ghana's maternal mortality crisis: when access to care is not enough

Body & Safety8 min read

Joana Quaye and Richard Nii Armah Quaye (RNAQ) during their marriage.

Joana Quaye was listed as co-founder of her ex-husband's company. He went on television and said she contributed nothing.

Justice11 min read

The Fraud in the Mirror

Essay7 min read

Dr Jemima Nunoo in white blazer smiling.

Dr. Jemima Nunoo is redefining what it means for women to wield power

PortraitPower7 min read

From academia and executive education to Ghana's Presidency, the former Technical Director for Media and Strategic Communications reflects on ambition, motherhood, influence and building a career without fitting anyone else's mould.

Ghanaian digital feminists using social media for advocacy

The Quiet Revolution: Ghana's Digital Feminists Are Changing the Conversation

PortraitSociety & Digital9 min read

Dr Efe Plange dismantles hypocrisy from Queens, New York. Bashiratu Kamal-Muslim proves faith and feminism can coexist in Accra. Meet the Ghanaian women turning timelines into classrooms and followers into feminists.

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

Power5 min read

Hawa Koomson wins NPP National Women’s Organiser race

Power3 min read

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

A woman walked into that delivery room. A different woman walked out.

Body & Safety6 min read

Salomey Baffoe case: why women marched to Ghana’s Gender Ministry

Justice10 min read