Women's Page

           It may be that some lives have uncovered pieces, some will have to pick up the pieces along the journey of life to look for the truth. Others, will have to discover their pieces to unlock the mysteries in their lives enabling them unravel their true potentials. But others have lives that are already shaped in ways in which we cannot predict or always understand. Through the eyes of human, some lives are formed in a perfect circle, beautiful, inescapable with traces of wonderful memories. Ebony was a free-spirited beautiful young lady who understood the real construction of life and never wasted a second of it but rather made an impact.         Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng popularly known as Ebony Reigns left her footprints in the sands of time, telling the upcoming generation that time waits for no man and if you have something in mind, overcome all the challenges and be firm in your decisions. Ebony was one in a million, from...

The Deputy Communications Director at the Office of the President of Ghana, Fatimatu Abubakar, has advised that more women should be involved in politics for the betterment of national development. She believed that if more women are into politics, there will be a total transformation of women’s progress living in developing countries. An event which was held at the Accra International Conference Centre and organized by the Initiative for Youth Development which served a purpose of empowering young Zongo women for community and national development. Madam Abubakar who was a speaker at the event urged most young Muslim women to take advantage of opportunities and make good use of it irrespective of their religion, gender and social status. She further stated that; “If more credible women are into politics, they are able to make a difference and not just add to the numbers”. However, the patriarchal nature of most African countries has made women to consider themselves as inferi...

The headscarf is a garment used by women in most Islamic countries popularly known as the Hijab. In recent times, the hijab has projected the identity of many women and their sense of belonging to a particular society. But also, the hijab has brought challenges and skepticism to many women who are in need of jobs but this has been a form of a barrier to many Muslim women. In a recent programme organized by the Initiative for Youth Development (I.Y.D) which was dubbed “Empowering Young Zongo Women for Community and National development” at the Accra International Conference Centre. The programme was organized to urge most Muslim women to engage into entrepreneurship, politics, and journalism to help build their personality and community as a whole. Many of the participants expressed their sentiments about the veil been a form of barrier in the field of work they have chosen. In an exclusive interview with the renowned Ghanaian journalist, Hawa Suleiman Issah who also happens to...