The Women, Media, and Change (WOMEC) a Non-Governmental Organisation (GNO) based in Accra has organised a day’s forum on activism against Gender-based Violence in Appolonia, a community within the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The forum was on the United Nations (UN) Women global theme “UNiTE! Activism to end violence against women and...
Violence against women and girls remains the most pervasive human rights violation in the world, affecting more than 1 in 3 women—a figure that has remained largely unchanged over the last decade. Global emergencies, crises and conflict have further intensified violence against women and girls and exacerbated the drivers and risk factors. Climate change is...
A cross section of students from the Kpone SHS at the forum Women, Media and Change, a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) has a rolled-out mechanism to equip students of Kpone Community Senior High School in Kpone-Katamanso Municipality on gender and leadership issues. The programme is aimed at bringing the best out of the students especially the...
Ghana, like many other countries, has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the government’s efforts have been devoted to curtailing the disease, a major concern has been its potential effects on the delivery and utilisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services in the country. Reproductive health issues are essential for...
Eliminating racism and disparities in health status resulting from racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance is central to global efforts to advance the right to health and other human rights, a UN expert told the General Assembly today. “The health consequences of racism and discrimination are persistent and passed from one generation to the next through...
Eliminating racism and disparities in health status resulting from racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance is central to global efforts to advance the right to health and other human rights, a UN expert told the General Assembly today. “The health consequences of racism and discrimination are persistent and passed from one generation to the next through...
Dr Charity Binka, Executive Director, Women, Media, and Change (WOMEC), says girls must be at the forefront of change initiatives to ensure their inclusion in decision-making. She said while investments in girls continued to be scarce, the COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises had negatively affected them, making life harder for them. She said girls...
Of all Fortune 500 companies, only 8.8% have women CEOs. This indicates that about 91% of Fortune 500 CEOs are male. And yet, we say that incredible progress has been made in the workplace. More women leaders are an absolute must in the world we live in today. Women’s leadership as a sub-theme in management is rising....
GENEVA (23 September 2022) – States must ensure the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health for all, including the right to sexual and reproductive health, without discrimination, as well as access to contraceptives, UN experts said. The autonomous decision-making of women and girls must be respected. Ahead of the World Contraception Day on 26...
Dr. John E. Otoo, the Ghana Health Service’s (GHS) Eastern Regional Deputy Director of Public Health, has said the GHS is struggling to reduce or eradicate maternal mortality in the region. In comparison to the 53 recorded maternal deaths during the same period last year, he stated that there had been an increase of one...
