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Women urged to remain agents of change

Mrs Patricia Ofosua Tweneboah, the Deputy General Secretary of the Health Services Workers’ Union (HSWU) has urged women to thrive in all fields and remain a force to reckon with....
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Cultural and social factors for performing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Cultural and social factors for performing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) The reasons why female genital mutilations are performed vary from one region to another as well as over time, and...
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COVID-19 is stifling NGO efforts to promote gender equality when it’s most needed

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted women around the world. The negative impacts of the pandemic on women are well-documented. Women have experienced increased rates of unemployment, heightened...
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2020 Year in Review: Top 5 stories affecting women and girls

It comes as no surprise that Merriam-Webster declared “pandemic” the word of the year. The biggest stories all stemmed from one story: COVID-19, a disease that affects the respiratory system, is transmitted...
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Adolescent health issues need more funding – ARHR

The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) has appealed to government to allocate more funds towards adolescent health issues in the country. The ARHR also asked government to develop health...
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Female Experts Are Underrepresented in COVID-19 News Coverage

Despite the majority of frontline healthcare workers being women during the pandemic, television networks are infrequently featuring representative experts. Play Video Representation, in the form of vaccine trial makeup, has...
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Key facts about Adolescents

Key facts about Adolescents • More than 1.1 million adolescents aged 10-19 years died in 2016, over 3000 every day, mostly from preventable or treatable causes. • Road traffic injuries...
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Why More Women Should Consider Entrepreneurship

Covid-19 has disrupted the workplace in ways that no one could have predicted. While everyone is facing unprecedented challenges, one group that has been severely impacted is women. And we’re...
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Women’s perspectives and voices need more inclusion in Covid-19 media coverage

As media coverage of Covid-19 continues 24/7, it routinely ignores an important dimension of the crisis: its impact on women. Writers — journalists, as well as opinion and commentary writers...
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