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Making childbirth a positive experience

Making childbirth a positive experience The clinical management of labour and childbirth is well understood, but not enough attention is given to making women feel safe, comfortable and positive about...
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Plan Ghana Introduces Washable, Reusable Sanitary Pads

“My headache of always working on people’s farms to raise money to buy pad will be a thing of the past now. I can always go to school and study...
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Gender Ministry implores parents to strengthen relationship with girls

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has implored parents to strengthen their relationship with girl-children for proper upbringing and development. According to Mrs Freda Prempeh, the Deputy Sector...
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Maternal Health

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...
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Economic empowerment essential to women’s rights – SWIDA-GH

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...
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Women In Ghana Closing The Gender Gap In Internet Access – But Still Miss Out On Benefits Of Digital Technology

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...
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Press release: 20 Years on, radical change needed to realize women’s inclusion in peace and political power

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...
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Statement to the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women

[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...
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Why women in Ghana continue to report to hospitals with stage 4 breast cancer

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...
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