Essays — Gender Lens Africa

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A science laboratory with a folded school uniform and Ghana flag tie on a desk, a child protection policy poster and Ghana flag on the wall, newspapers and a microphone in the foreground

Ghana's reporting on sexual abuse still blames the child, not the crime

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Illustration of three Ghanaian women — sorting cocoa, sewing a garment, and reviewing a procurement clipboard — with shipping containers behind them

Beyond compliance: why procurement, not policy, will decide women's place in Ghana's supply chains

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Illustration pairing an older woman plaiting a girl’s hair with a woman at a desk holding a phone, labelled Then and Now

Who taught you to shrink? And who are you teaching not to?

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