Tag: Women’s rights

WHO should monitor countries identified with the practice of female genital mutilation “Clitoridectomy and female circumcision, practices often labeled as ...

The Second Lady, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has charged women to rise up to their challenges by pushing for legislative and ...

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has charged parents in the three regions of the ...

Iranian human rights activist Darya Safai on Friday demanded sports sanctions against her country as punishment for banning women from ...

Members of Modern Women of Wisdom Organisation (MWWO), an all-female humanitarian non-governmental organisation (NGO), are gladdened at the pledge by ...

Indonesian toddler Salsa Djafar was wearing a glittering golden crown decorated with ribbons and a shiny purple dress to mark ...

The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Rockson Ayine Bukari has pledged to work closely with traditional,religious leaders and non-governmental organisations, ...

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has said that it will take 170 years to achieve economic equality between women ...

‘Women’s empowerment and their full participation on the basis of equality in all spheres of society, including participation in the ...

The UNICEF Representative in Ghana, Susan Namondo Ngongi has called for greater inter-ministerial collaboration to improve the reach and quality ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) is calling on government to be swift in dealing more strictly with all infringement of rights ...

The Ghana Chamber Of Commerce and Industry is advocating some financial incentives for women in the rural areas to enable ...

Actress Emma Watson poses at the premiere of 'Beauty and the Beast' in Los Angeles British actress Emma Watson hit ...

Last month, His Excellency, the President, completed the list of ministerial appointments with the announcement of 10 regional ministers, bringing ...

A northern-focused non-governmental organisation (NGO), Norsaac, has urged government to increase the number of women in key decision-making positions, especially ...

The bizarre wording of a certain song among the people of Eastern Nigeria enquires: “would a man ever refuse breastfeeding?” ...

For 80 year old Awabu Mahama, basic human rights have been absent from her life since 1996, the year she ...

The StandPoint : Listen to the feminine side "We do need women in politics, yes we admit that some have ...

The StandPoint : Listen to the feminine side "We do need women in politics, yes we admit that some have ...

A 15-year-old girl has died in Nepal's western Achram district after she was banished to a shed because she was ...