The issue of child labour and for that matter the exploitation of the female child especially, sometimes appeara as tall tales or gives you the bandwagon effect of shouting with the crowd “this is bad it must be stopped!”, but having a personal encounter is another ball game altogether. Somewhere in the middle of last […]

This is an update to the blog I posted on women’s rights activists calling on women to go on a seven- day sex boycott (girlcott?), posted on Aril 30. I know blogger has been acting up lately and is still deciding whether or not to accept or reject comments, so I want to assume that’s […]

On the 25th day of November 2008, Rose Buabeng, affectionately called Auntie Rose, declared herself team leader of the “Onamdaade” fun club or should I rather say “wahala” club???????(Ref.25/11/08 blog) Barely six months later, there has been a massive elevation from “Onamdaade” to “Owo daade”, Auntie Rose has “released” a fairly new Toyota Corolla saloon […]

I recently read a true story about a Woman who had just given birth and was being labelled a witch because she had given birth to an Albino. The in-laws did not want to have anything to do with this mum nor her baby because they feel they have been disgraced. Come to think of […]

Facebook, Twitter, Blogging…the world of social media has grown exponentially in what appears to be a really short period of time? How does one keep up? How do you decide if it is an appropriate use of your time? I have very recently started playing on twitter in a quest to figure it out. After […]

Last Friday I delivered a lecture to my alma mater on “The Changing Roles of African Women: 1800 to date”. Yes, that was a huge area to cover (but that was what I was requested to do). The audience was an International Baccalaureate History class and the lecture covered the: Pre colonial eraColonial era Nationalist […]

Dear Sisters, I bring you tales of my trip to the field in the three Northern regions of Ghana. I have had some very unbelievable experiences, some frightening, some hilarious but all in all very educational and fulfilling. Gifty and I set off on the morning of February 15, 2008 for a 17 day visit […]

Hello Sisters, This is your sister writing to you from Bolga the Capital of the Upper East Region of Ghana. Please remember us in your solemn moments; it is hot and dry, scorching hot. Thank God for air conditioned cars and rooms otherwise I do not think I would have been capable of writing to […]

I read on the blog Black looks (see http://www.blacklooks.org/)of the trial of Eudy Simelane. Eudy Simelane was a lesbian activist who was found murdered last year. Her murder comes in the wake of the murders of other members of the LGBTI community in South Africa and many other parts of Africa. My thoughts are with […]

We recently benefited from a training day on Communication & Presentation Skills facilitated by AWDF’s Executive Director. Personally, my favourite part of the day was when we got to practice our presentation skills in a fun ‘Great Debate’. The motion was “Marriage is a waste of time for women”. I was on the team that […]