Imagine you’ve invested your time and money into building your own house. Pleased with your efforts, you take a photo and share it publicly with friends and family. It’s natural to assume that since you paid for the building, you own the design. Continue reading “What image is Ghana’s copyright law projecting?”
Most of you will have heard the phrase a woman’s hair is her crown and glory or beauty. Continue reading “Living positively with hair loss”
Autism is still misunderstood within many communities and within some societies, children are labelled as aggressive, possessed or stupid. The aim of this page is to challenge these stigmas and share information designed to help those navigate through this sometimes challenging life journey. Continue reading “Autism”
Often suffered in silence, survivors of sexual abuse face the daily struggle of having to deal with the baggage that comes with their treatment by the perpetrator and judgement by society and how they feel about themselves. The aim of this page is to highlight the people and organisations that are fighting to raise and change awareness around sexual violence and lobby or lasting changes in our society. Please fee free to add to this campaign with your voice, your knowledge and your influence. Continue reading “Sexual abuse”
This page aims to explore opinions in society, disrupt conventional thinking and push boundaries in everyday conversations. This section explores views on ownership, identity, sexual harassment the thin line between brutality and art. Click here for the stories:
Enforced child marriage generally conjures up images of young girls being wed under duress to older men. But on Ghana’s Lake Volta, in the central region of the country, one charity is saving young boys from the practice. Continue reading “Boy slaves and forced marriage on Ghana’s Lake Volta”
Luton-based cultural organisation Ghana Society UK launched a new education drive on Saturday 7 May aimed at supporting rural women and children in Ghana. Continue reading “Ghana’s rural communities inspire new UK-based education project”
It is official – products associated with dyeing and perming your hair are hazardous to your health. This is according to a five-year study of hairdressers by Black Woman for Wellness – a US-based education and advocacy group catering to African American women. Continue reading “Dyeing to fit in”
Eight years on since Ghana’s government technically criminalised rape between husband and wife, and one female MP is pushing for legislation that could force men to marry girls they impregnate. Continue reading “What would you do to protect your baby’s childhood?”
As the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal continues to expose more public figures in and outside the film industry, and gives a lifeline to survivors courageous enough to speak out – I thought it telling how some sections of the public have been tripping over themselves to denounce any sort of link between inappropriate sexual behaviour and rape. Continue reading “Why separating sexual harassment and rape are dangerous”
There has been a slew of media stories since the start of the year fixated on the supposed potency of the female form and the responsibility women have with making their bodies less desirable to the opposite sex. Continue reading “Sticking two fingers up to the virginity test”
As we remember the war dead 100 years after the First World War started in 1914, let’s spare a thought for Second Lieutenant Walter Daniel John. Tull was the first Black outfield player in Britain, which means he played outside goal, and the second Black professional footballer after Ghana-born Arthur Wharton. Continue reading “Walter Tull: Gone but not forgotten”
