Women’s rights
Feminism Or Womanism In Ghana
There is a new social dilemma: some gender activists are calling for the flip of the narrative of gender role in our...
Cooking For Your Husband Not Slavery – Joyce Aryee
The Executive Director of Salt and Light Ministries, a para-church organization, Dr Joyce Aryee, has dismissed claims...
FGM Is A Crime; Stop It
The Minister for Gender, Children & Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has served notice to proponents of Female...
Group Urges Women To Be Submissive To Men
A group calling itself Patriarchal Princesses International has called on all women to be submissive to their men....
Ghanaian-Led Team Wins UN Award To Fight FGM
A 30-year-old Ghanaian social advocate has received a UN award on steps to fight Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the...
Why First Lady Called For Extension To 5 Months
Ghana’s maternity leave -Nursing mothers need up to five months to recuperate as well as bond better with their...
Malaysia MP: ‘Denying Husbands Sex Is Abuse’
A Malaysian lawmaker has come under fire for saying that women denying sex to their husbands was a form of...
Women Who Refuse Husbands Sex Guilty of Abuse, Says MP
A Malaysian lawmaker has been accused of ignorance after he claimed that women who deny their husbands sex were...
Denying Husbands Sex Is Abuse
A Malaysian lawmaker came under fire Wednesday for saying that women who deny their husbands sex were subjecting them...
Ghana To Co-Sponsor Resolution To End Violence Against Women
Ghana has co-signed a resolution to end violence against women and girls along with 60 countries. The resolution...
US Balks At ‘abortion’ Mention In UN Call To Fight Abuse of Women
The UN Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday condemning abuse and discrimination of women, but...
Woman Quits Her Job To Breastfeed Her Husband Ever Two Hours
A woman from Atlanta has sparked outrage on social media after publicly announcing that she quit her job to breastfeed...
‘House of Cards’ First Lady Backs Michelle Obama As President
"House of Cards" star Robin Wright -- who plays a quietly Machiavellian First Lady in the hit Netflix series -- said...
Australian Politician Becomes First To Breastfeed In Parliament
Australian Senator Larissa Waters has become the first politician to breastfeed in the nation's parliament. Ms Waters,...
Efua Dorkenoo’s Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation, An Unfinished Business
Efua Dorkenoo’s campaign against female genital mutilation, an unfinished business A SPECIAL NOTE: In New York, this...
Female Genital Circumcision In Ghana
Female genital mutilation is truly a controversial subject and an abhorrent practice We continue from Part 1 (Note: In...
Near All-Male Panel In South Korea’s Presidential Race
When Park Geun-Hye was elected South Korea's first female president five years ago she secured the largest-ever vote...
Doubts Over Saudi Order That ‘eases’ Control Over Women
Saudi women no longer need a man's consent to carry out certain activities, local media reported on Friday, but...
Female Genital Circumcision In Ghana? 1
WHO should monitor countries identified with the practice of female genital mutilation “Clitoridectomy and female...