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Marriage, Money, and the Invisible Ledger: Why Ghana’s New Marital Property Jurisprudence Demands Financial Literacy for Women
Recent decisions of Ghana’s Supreme Court have significantly narrowed the legal scope of marital property. In Ayishetu Abdul Kadiri v. Abdul Dwumemah and Mrs. Abena Pokua v. Yaw Kwakye, the Court affirmed that marriage does not merge spouses into a single economic unit. Each spouse retains a constitutional right to acquire and own property independently…
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The Right to Choose: Why Reproductive Health Education Saves Lives
Reproductive health education is often treated as a cultural battleground. In reality, it is one of the most rigorously evidenced, life-saving public goods in modern health policy. At its best—accurate, age-appropriate, and rights-affirming—reproductive health education equips young people and adults with the knowledge to plan their families, prevent disease, avoid sexual violence, and seek timely…
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Guardians of Choice: Preserving Human Agency in a World of Automation
As education systems around the world lean into artificial intelligence (AI), a fundamental question emerges: Is AI enriching learning—or edging humans to the side? The promise of personalized, efficient education is irresistible. Yet the greatest promise lies not in substituting learners with algorithms, but in ensuring that every child remains the author of their own…
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Of Sippy Cups, Stock Reports And The Fact That Time Is Money!
In recent years, parenting at work has taken center stage, bringing up topics like maternity and paternity leave, the cost of daycare services, and office milk storage policies. These conversations acknowledge the need to support the physical and emotional well-being of working parents. But what is happening at home? What are the challenges working parents…
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First Woman
I began hearing a lot of ‘first woman to do this or that’ in the 1980s and 1990s. As a child I used to wonder why it had taken so long for women to start achieving these feats? I could not understand what the fuss was all about. I got my answer at age 16.
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The Zong Massacre
The Zong set sail from Accra in September of 1781 with 442 captives onboard. It was operated by a British crew. First of all, the ship was carrying more than twice the number of people it could safely transport. Humans were literally head to head in the hold and there was no room for movement.…
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Embracing Equity
The fight for equality has been persistent on all fronts around the world, and it has resulted in the dismantling of several barriers that foster discrimination. Since then, more marginalised groups have had improved access to school, better healthcare, higher earnings, and other opportunities.
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A Bad Remedy for Injustice.
The nation woke up on the 7th of March to news of the brutalization of residents in Ashaiman and its environs following the murder of a 21-year-old soldier, in a mob attack on 4th March 2023. The Ghana Armed Forces, sanctioned by the Military High Command swooped down on Ashaiman and its environs, to apprehend…
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No to The Gender Pay Gap and Yes to Parity
“… The unequal distribution of unpaid work between women and men represents an infringement of women’s rights and also a brake on their economic empowerment.” – (UN, 2013) The gender pay gap is the difference in earnings between men and women and it has been an ongoing global issue for decades. Compounding this issue is…
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The Significance of the Black Resistance
February is Black History Month, annually observed in North America during the birth month of Frederick Douglass, an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Douglas escaped from slavery in Maryland, became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York and was an early advocate for school desegregation. In the…
