Maternal Health Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. Each stage should be a positive experience, ensuring women and their babies reach...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
New York, 29 October, 2020 – As 2 billion people across the world struggle to survive in areas afflicted by armed conflict in the midst of a global pandemic, women – who...Read More
[As delivered] It is an honour to address the Security Council and present the Secretary-General’s report on women, peace and security on the 20th anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325. The resolution was...Read More
Ghana among other countries continuous to lose women to breast cancer due to low information on breast cancer. Reports indicate that nearly 70% of women are diagnosed with advanced stages...Read More
The Burden of Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Several efforts have been made to improve the Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) situation but gaps...Read More
Dr Siga Fatima Jagne, Commissioner, Social Affairs and Gender, ECOWAS Commission, says the outbreak of COVID-19 has increased the risk of women insecurity and made them most-at-risk populations. She said though 14...Read More
Africa’s economic recovery can be meaningfully accelerated if policymakers and the private sector step up their efforts to empower women – a group that accounts for more than half of...Read More
