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WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH YSYF will be hosting our Women’s History Month Campaign to spotlight powerful/influential woman in Ghanaian history. Today we highlight Farida Bedwei. Born in 1979, Farida Bedwei is a modern Ghanaian role model everyone can learn from. Bedwai is a software engineer by trade, having co-founded Logiciel, a company […]
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH YSYF will be hosting our Women’s History Month Campaign to spotlight powerful/influential woman in Ghanaian history. Today we highlight Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa, also known as Ghana’s Warrior Queen. Born on April 17,1840, Yaa Asantewaa was a skilled farmer before becoming a Queen Mother in the 1880’s. […]
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH YSYF will be hosting our Women’s History Month Campaign to spotlight powerful/influential woman in Ghanaian history. Today we commemorate Akua Akyaa Nkrumah. Akua Akyaa Nkrumah was a prominent environmental scientist, researcher and blogger of “Green Ghanian”, a blog outlining sanitation and green politics. In her lifetime, she […]
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH YSYF will be hosting our Women’s History Month Campaign to spotlight powerful/influential woman in Ghanaian history. Today we commemorate Madam Theodosia Salome Abena Okoh, the woman behind the design of the Ghanaian Flag, embodying independence and strength for the entire nation. After years of public riots and […]
International Day of Charity What does charity mean to you? Really? It could mean helping at the community centre down the street. It could mean donating old clothes to the local Goodwill. The essence of charity is giving, often without the expectation of receiving anything in return. But not all […]
Ghana’s Voyage to Space During the summer of 2017, Ghana launched its first satellite into space. Nearly 400 people gathered in the city of Koforidua to watch as GhanaSat-1 was released into orbit from the International Space Station. The satellite was designed at the All Nations University by a team […]
MEDICAL AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS OF FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING By Maryam Fatima and Bunmi Afolabi It is easy to condemn the practice of FGM/C as barbaric, based on the graphic images and stories that are shared that depict the physical, psychological, and emotional harm that is experienced by young girls […]
UNDERSTANDING THE WHITE SAVIOUR COMPLEX Who is White Saviour? The term white saviour refers to a white person who helps non-white people in a self-serving manner. The White Savior Complex is “The idea that socially privileged individuals possess, simply by virtue of their position, some unique ability or power to […]
Historically the leading cause of death and disease in most areas around the world has been communicable/infectious diseases. In more recent times, the major cause of death and disease in Ghana and around the world now encompasses both communicable and noncommunicable diseases in comparison to traditionally predominately communicable diseases.1 Communicable […]
THE PERILS OF QUARANTINE: COVID-19 AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE by Maryam Fatima The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our world and lifestyles in ways unimaginable. Many of us have been confined within the boundaries of our home, working remotely or reaping the benefits of government programs to alleviate financial distress. This […]
