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One out of every 10 girls in Africa misses days in school during menstrual period, according to UNICEF. In reversing this trend in Ghana, JInitiative, a child and family focused organization, started the Happy School Girl Project. “The HSGP is promoting suitable ways in which girls can cope with their monthly flow with respect to how they obtain, use, and dispose of sanitary materials, without having them feel undignified,” a statement by JInitiative explained. As Ghana joins the world to mark International Women’s Day, the organization is strongly advocating for better menstrual hygiene management for girls in Ghana, especially in…

Ghana’s first lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday commemorated the International Women’s Day with a meeting of more than 200 influential women in their chosen fields to galvanize support towards achieving gender parity. Special guests at the meeting were Samira Bawumia who is the wife of the vice president, former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, Managing Director of Airtel Ghana, Lucy Quist, and CEO of Salt and Light Ministries, Rev Joyce Aryee among others. Participants included actresses, musicians, queen mothers, journalists and market women among other women. Addressing a group of women at special ceremony to commemorate International Women’s Day, Mrs…

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Pan-African brand Okay Africa has unveiled a list of 100 African women who have influenced the world. The women were selected from industries including arts, business, politics, and sports. The list includes Amma Asante, Philomena Kwao, Yaa Gyasi, Benny Bonsu, Karen Attiah Bozoma Saint-John and Jojo Abot. Read about them below.  Benny Bonsu (Producer) Benny Bonsu has several talents: she’s the writer and creator of Bedroom Diaries of a Black Woman, has a background in education as a behavior specialist and was a part of the organizing committee for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. However, this…

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection Otiko Afisa Djaba has called for the immediate passage of the Affirmative Action Bill, insisting it cannot wait for more years. In a statement read by the sector Minister to Parliament Wednesday to commemorate the celebration of International Women’s Day which fell on today, 8th March 2017, the minister maintained that she will ensure that the draft is finalized and brought before the house. The bill seeks to promote gender equality in all sphere of national development. Madam Otiko Djaba stated that when there is gender inequality in a nation, it is akin…

Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie is amongst the top 10 richest musicians in Africa according to the 2017 Forbes list released earlier this year. MTV Base Africa, a 24-hour music and general entertainment channel which focuses primarily on music of R’n’B, hip-hop, reggae, soul and urban from Africa, earlier this year adjudged the versatile artiste as the richest in Ghana but the Forbes list also puts the talented rapper amongst the elite musicians in Africa. So the question is where does the rapperholic place in amongst the rich boys in Africa? Watch the video below for his position. Nana Afrane Asante/3news.com/Ghana

When nominations closed on Tuesday March 7, only two persons filed to contest the presidential slot of the Ghana Olympic Committee’s upcoming election. They are the current president of Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Prof. Francis Dodoo and the president of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation Ben Nunoo Mensah. The election is scheduled for March 15, 2017 and expected to be held at the Alisa Hotel in Accra. About 35 personalities in the sports sector including president of the Ghana Rugby Union Herbert Mensah, and former 2nd Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ken Dzirasah have filed their nominations for various positions. The Ghana Olympic Committee…

A Cameroonian student in Ghana who allegedly inserted his finger into the vagina of a four-year-old girl at Kwashieman in Accra has been put before an Accra Circuit Court. Yves Martial Ekobe has pleaded not guilty to indecent assault, and the court presided over by Mrs. Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku remanded him into Police custody to appear again on March 8 for continuation of hearing. Prosecuting Detective Inspector Kofi Atimbire said the complainant is, who is the victim’s mother, resides in the same house with the accused person. Both the complainant and the accused person are Cameroonians. On February 25, this…

First lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has paid a glowing tribute to Ghana’s former first lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings and the Asante warrior,  Yaa Asantewaa as well as other great women whose efforts have helped to bring about improved gender parity in the country. Addressing a group of women at special ceremony to commemorate International Women’s Day, Mrs Akufo-Addo said it was important for the nation to recognise  women whose contributions got “us closer to gender parity” “It is important that as we forge on we remember many women who have made great contributions to get us closer to gender parity;…

Members of the parliamentary press corps have been urged by the leadership of Parliament to properly study the Standing Orders of the house to enable them report accurately. Engaging the press corps in parliamentary proceedings, the Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu was concerned about how Parliament can work closely with the press since they are in the same enterprise of serving the interest of Ghanaians. He promised that both the Speaker and the leadership of the house will also support the media in the discharge of their duty. The Majority Leader assured the media that the Joe Ghartey report on bribery…

The Abeka District Court Wednesday remanded a Lebanese branch manager of Mawarko Restaurant located at Abelenkpe, Jihad Thaabn, for allegedly assaulting a female staff. He is alleged to have dipped the face of one Evelyn Boakye, a caterer at the restaurant, into a blended pepper and locked her up for hours. He had pleaded not guilty to three counts of assault, offensive conduct and causing harm. When the accused appeared in court today, the presiding judge Victoria Ghansah rejected his lawyer’s plea for him to be granted bail, explaining that she remanded Jihad for his own security, TV3’s Selorm Amenyah reported.…