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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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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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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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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…
