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...
Equip adolescent girls for leadership, Women Media and Change (WOMEC) a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has advocated as it up scaled a project to mentor young adolescents mostly girls into taking up leadership roles within their respective communities. Mrs Dulcie Delali Attipoe, WOMEC Programmes Coordinator stated that it was time adolescent girls were empowered to gain...
Nana Afia Amobeah, the Queen mother of Jema Traditional Area in the Bono East Region has expressed worry about the poor and worsening water supply situation in the area, having devastating effects on households. She said the situation was very bad that women and school children had to struggle every day to access potable drinking...
In Liberia and Nigeria, traditional leaders are the key to shifting social norms and driving the critical change needed to end violence against women and girls. “We [traditional practitioners] used to teach girls how to behave in the presence of older people, plaiting hair and being modest,” explains Kema Dahn, a community leader and former...
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is an essential building block to achieving gender equality, but it’s restricted globally. Families everywhere are trapped in cycles of poverty because they do not have the option to plan when to have children or decide how big they want their family to be. Meanwhile, countries that don’t categorize rape...
Dr. Charity Binka, Executive Director of Women in Media and Change (WOMEC), says women are resourceful in the face of adversity and can contribute to make the world a better place to live in when given the opportunity.She said there were a number of women in the country and the world had attained higher leadership...
The Women, Media and Change (WOMEC), a non-governmental organization has organised a forum to sensitise adolescent girls living in Kpone, a suburb in Tema as part of its efforts to mark the 16 Days of activism against gender-based violence, last week. It was on the theme ‘16 days of activism against gender-based violence: implications for...
From the beginning of time, women have been child bearers. Their role is central in society. They are caretakers, conscience, farmers, educators, and entrepreneurs. As I sat to write this piece, a colleague naively suggested, “this article will only make an impact if it is published on International Women’s Day and in an election year”....
