Asamoah Gyan, Ghana's national mens soccer team captain on Monday, November 23, 2015, presented a $30,000 cash prize to the senior women’s national team, the Black Queens, for winning the 2015 All...
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection is working towards the possible closure of the Gushegu Witch Camp in the Northern Region of Ghana. Nana Oye Lithur, sector Minister said the...
A 28-year-old man was arrested and is facing fraud charges for cheating his way into second place at Kenya's Nairobi International Marathon.
Police and race officials said the man, who goes by Julius...
The surest way to reducing cervical cancer is to cut down on your numerous sexual partners or risk your lives. This is a passionate appeal being made by former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman...
Twenty-one people, including seven women have been arrested in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi for illegal electricity connection.
The alleged power thieves were picked up in a swoop conducted...
Available statistics show that a total of 1,296 girls in the country were defiled, while 335 other women were raped in 2014 alone, according to the Police Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit...
The First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Dramani Mahama, has been decorated with a Global Inspiration Leadership Award and inducted into the Global Women Leaders Hall of Fame. The award is in recognition of her...
Photographer Anthony Kurtz traveled to Senegal in 2011 as a volunteer for the organization Walking Tree and later spent 10 days documenting the lives of female auto mechanics in the capital,...
A study published in the September edition of the Lancet Global Health Journal shows that the Africa Region, has the lowest tobacco use in pregnant women in the world.
Southeast Asia has the highest...
According to reports from the Finder newspaper, about 70% of women in labour deliver on the floor of the Tema General Hospital (TGH) due to the lack of space in the facility’s maternity ward as...
The well publicized campaign #bringbackourgirls helped to bring global attention to the often ignored issue of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) during conflicts.
It has been months and our...
With all the skill of a master weaver at a loom, Esther Ogble stands under a parasol in the sprawling Wuse market in Nigeria's capital and spins synthetic fibre into women's hair.
Nearby, three...
A massive blaze gutted the Kumasi Central Market on Thursday evening. This is the third time the biggest market centre in the Ashanti region has been reduced to ashes this year.
Over 60 shops in the...
