Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang Elected As Ghana’s First Female Vice President
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Ghanaians celebrate victory for gender inclusivity in politics
National Democratic Congress (NDC) member Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang elected As Ghana’s next vice-president, she became the first woman to hold the position. Opoku-Agyeman, a former education minister and literature professor, will join President John Dramani Mahama, who served as president from 2014 to 2017 president. Many academics and activists view Opoku-Agyeman’s election as a historical turning point in the gender-conservative country. According to a 2022 survey, 67% of Ghanaians support women’s political equality. “My nomination has many, many implications… it means all of us have a hand in it. The victory belongs to all of us, especially for our daughters, our young men, our women… I know this is a A big responsibility… My job is to open the door and that doesn’t end. In fact, that’s where the work begins… Opoku-Agyeman said in her acceptance speech on Monday.
Kenyan women protest against government action to end femicide
female protest The issue has come to the fore in Kenya in the face of rising femicide rates, including more than a hundred women murdered in the past three months alone. Some of these cases have attracted considerable attention, including the death of social media influencer Scarlet Wahu. Thousands of women protested in Nairobi on Monday amid widespread perceptions that the government has done little to combat rising rates of femicide. In a series of demonstrations, activists urged President William Ruto to declare femicide a national crisis and adopt policies to help prevent it. Ruto called violence “an urgent and disturbing issue” and launched a campaign to provide resources for women. But activists are demanding more. In response, police fired tear gas at demonstrators and detained several activists. A further 97 women were killed in Kenya between August and October 2024 five hundred Known murders that occurred between 2016 and 2024. “We’ve normalized violence to the point of numbness,” said community activist Alberta Wambua. “We need to teach love now.”
UN experts criticize Taliban for potentially banning women from medical training:
On Monday, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemn The Taliban recently decided to ban women from formal medical training. Experts called the ban “completely unjustified” because it almost completely barred women from medical education. The U.S. government has also expressed concerns about the ban’s impact on women’s rights and health in the country. “This directive is the latest in a series of measures that endanger the rights and lives of women and girls in Afghanistan and is an unjustified attack on women’s access to education and health care,” explain Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Afghanistan ranks It is one of the countries with the worst health status for women in the world. Experts remain concerned that a lack of trained female medical professionals will only exacerbate these conditions. “Maternal and pediatric health care in Afghanistan is already in crisis, with high maternal and infant mortality rates. If implemented, the ban will further complicate this crisis and have far-reaching and lasting effects.” UN experts emphasized.
source: council on foreign relations
