Araba urges action to equip girls with the information they need to own their bodies and make their own choices. We don’t want to be rushed into adulthood. In my village, junior high school is the highest education level…
I remember this day vividly, I always laughed over it. How my period came was actually so strange and its the weirdest. However, today I am able to understand why it came at that particular time. it was during the weekend…
I have been locked out... It is week 3 and I am stuck at an Airbnb in Togo I traveled out of Cameroon on the 15th of March 2020, to attend a wedding in Ghana on the 17th of March. Whilst in Ghana, the number of COVID-19…
Hello ladies.... I thought i should let you know... On Tuesday i joined the Department of Gender in the Central region of Ghana on a mentorship program to three rural communities. Our mission was to energize the girls and…
What We Do, Why We Do It, and Results. ACRO Ghana exists to unleash the potential of people in communities to make positive change happen. Our mission is to establish, support sustainable economic and social development…
By Shirley Asiedu-Addo A total of 100 women with fistula are waiting for their surgeries hopefully if financial help comes soon. The Our Lady of Grace hospital at Mankessim in the Central region of Ghana does the surgeries…
My mother, Millicent Kyeraa who is now 62 years always told me the story of that only child and daughter who was born Pre term by a 28year old mother. She told me the story of the struggle that this mother who hadalso lost…
Executive Summary The concept of “human dignity” is the basis of human rights. People live in dignity if their basic human rights are respected, protected and fulfilled. Governments that respect human rights are working to…
#MY_FIRST_MENSES (MENARCHE) As a teenager, I menstruated for almost a year without my mum's knowledge. Like seriously? Yeahhhh , that's exactly what I did. I know you will be wondering how I hid that from my mum. It was one…
Hi, I'm Joseph Kobla Wemakor, a journalist, human rights activist and the Founder and the Executive Director of Human Rights Reporters Ghana in Accra, Ghana. It breaks my heart to do this but l'll still go ahead anyway.…
Any time I get mail from World Pulse or visit the website, I become sad, because my mother comes into my mind. In my efforts to support her I fell into the hands of the cheater whom I have entrusted my mother to care. The…
Hello world, I am in Accra Ghana for a week and we'll I woke up two good hours earlier than usual thanks to her lag lol. It's GMT here while back home it's GMT+1...My beautiful brain couldn't get than right and it instead…
At the beginning of the 21st century, ACRO Ghana looks to the future with optimism, confident in the ideals, the enthusiasm and energy of its flourishing community volunteerism and network of Partners around the world. 2010…
The name EKENIA T.CHIFAMBA is a name that somewhat rattles the bone and marrow of unrepentant , evil and dare-daring barbarians perpetuating sexual violence and emotional abuse onto the lives of innocent and vulnerable young…
There may be gaps between the able and disabled populations in countries across the world. But in my home country, Ghana, this gap is clear, especially in the areas of access to information, health and education. Early 2015…
On 17th April 1996, members of Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) were shot dead by military police in Para, northern Brazil. This resulted into mass resentment around the world. La Via Campensina responded with solidarity…
One of my friends told me recently that I should have given birth before I started working with the Maternal Health Channel (MHC), because now I know too many things that can go wrong in the Ghanaian
One day while sitting quietly in my mother’s London office, her colleague commented how I looked like an African princess. In my unaffected teenage ears what I heard was “You are beautiful/magical/special.” For were not…
>BELMONY FORUM AND JPI-CLIMATE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ACTION - CALL FOR PROPOSALS This call aims to contribute to the overall challenge of developing climate services with a focus on inter-regional linkages role in…
From an Interview with Mariama Sonko By Simone Adler and Beverly Bell Mariama Sonko is a farmer and organizer in Casamance, Senegal. She is the National Coordinator of We Are the Solution , a campaign for food sovereignty…
Why I joined This Group Hi, I am Sabiha Hasan from India. I am from a family of landlords (farmers) from Uttar Pradesh, India. Thus, I am a Naturalist, Biologist and Environmentalist with my heart and soul in it. I am a…
The African Union Commission is inviting applicants for the Africa Youth Day under the theme: “Promoting youth mainstreaming as a catalyst towards harnessing the demographic dividend.” Africa Youth Day is a day set aside…
I am a semi retired Nurse Practitioner Certified Nurse Midwife in Oregon USA. Also Certified Arvigo Therapist ( https://arvigotherapy.com/ ). Loving to travel, i have lived in 10 states, attended births in hospitals,…
RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC) aims to catalyse entrepreneurship through promotion of business innovation and provision of seed funding to young entrepreneurs with creative and innovative business…
