March 8 marks the International Women's Day, a day set aside annually as a focal point in the women's rights movement as it gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. The

The Executive Director of the Alliance for Women Opportunities and Development (AfWOD), Precious Mariam Hamidu, has emphasized the importance of investing in women as a means of driving national development. “When women are empowered economically, socially, and politically, the entire

Indigenous Women Empowerment Network (IWEN), a non-profit-making organization has announced plans to launch Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub this year. This is to support indigenous women entrepreneurs with resources, training, and mentorship as well as encourage innovation and economic empowerment. In

A group of like-minded public interest lawyers and human rights and environmental activists from across Africa have rounded up their four-day conference in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on African-focused climate, environmental and natural resources rights and protection tools and mechanisms. It

The Local Government Service Association of Physical Planners (LOGSAPP) has called for effective collaboration between engineers and physical development planners to facilitate the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Planner Gifty Nyarko, the National Interim President of

Some angry youth of the Ahafo Region are at a loss as to why nobody has so far been arrested or prosecuted for any of the shooting incidents that have been recurring on Newmont’s mining site in Ahafo almost every