Hajia Alima Sagito-Saeed, Executive Director of Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-GH), a women advocacy group, says empowering women economically is critical to helping them realise equal rights, curb issues of gender inequality and gender-based violence in society. She said it was vital for policymakers and development planners to build their capacities and equip them...

Women in Ghana closing the gender gap in internet access – but still miss out on benefits of digital technology Almost as many women as men use the internet in Ghana, according to a new survey from the World Wide Web Foundation, which finds men are just 6% more likely to be online than women. This...