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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.

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Ghana establishes committee to review data on nearly three million households

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MoGCSP sensitises Tafsiliyya Islamic School pupils on preventing child marriage

MoGCSP trains officers in project preparation and planning

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

Ghanaian children call for action to end violence against children

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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