The global pace of reforms toward equal treatment of women under the law has slumped to a 20-year low, constituting a potential impediment to economic growth at a critical time for the global economy, a new World Bank report shows. In 2022, the global average score on the World Bank’s Women, Business, and the Law index rose just half a point to ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has admitted a motion to probe the National Cathedral Project. This followed a Private Members’ Motion sponsored by Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson, and Deputy Minority Leader Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah among others. The motion will see a committee constituted “to conduct an inquiry into the National Cathedral of Ghana project and all related matters.” ...

Women’s rights advocacy organization, ABANTU for Development has called on the Parliament of Ghana to as a matter of urgency pass the Affirmative Action Bill into law before the upcoming 2023 District Assembly elections. The call was made at a press conference in Accra organized by ABANTU for Development with support from African Women Development Fund (AWDF). Held on the  ...