Month: October 2024
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Fact Check
Scientifically Unproven: Pineapple peel and Lime said to aid Menstrual Cleansing and Flow
Claim On Oct. 28, 2024, a Facebook group user, Natural Remedy Home, claimed that boiling pineapple with lime orange can help menstrual problems. The post had a significant engagement, receiving 113 likes and seven comments.…
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Female Supremacy
Ghana Freedom Party Founder and Presidential Candidate Akua Donkor dies at 72
Akua Donkor, the Ghana Freedom Party Founder, Leader and Presidential candidate, has been pronounced dead on Oct. 28, 2024, barely a month before Ghana’s presidential election. In a phone interview with Ghana Web, her eldest…
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News
“I must finish what I started,” Former Minister Uju Kennedy continues women’s empowerment project
L-R: Former Minister of Women Affairs – Barrister Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Eucharia Okpalannadi, and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Technical, Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Education (TVEE) – Abiola Arogundade in front of the solar kiosk…
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Disability
Untold: Chidinma’s Silent Struggle with Sexual Assault and Disability
Chidimma Ekezie** was sexually assaulted in her father’s house by a relative who served as both an afterschool caregiver and a family helper in 2001. She attended an inclusive school downtown and stayed in his…
