Empowering Minds, One Article at a Time

You hear the word every week. “Parliament has passed the bill.” Sometimes it is a tax bill. Sometimes it is about free SHS or fuel prices. Lately, it has been the Anti-LGBTQ Bill. And almost every time, people react as if the thing is already law as if the police can start enforcing it tomorrow morning. But that is not how it works. In Ghana, a bill is only a proposal. It is not yet the law of the land. Until the President signs it and it is published in the Gazette, it has n

Weeks ago on a public transport, an older man made loud and defamatory remarks that were completely out of line. I responded with facts. Instead of addressing the issue, a respected woman in the bus turned to me and said, 'Apologise.' She hadn’t even heard what I said. She didn’t ask what happened. In her mind, because I am younger, I was automatically in the wrong. The other passengers stayed silent. “Don’t mind him,” some muttered. “Just leave it.” At that moment, I felt

Some weeks ago, I watched a video that got me thinking. The setting was a nightclub. A young woman, probably in her early twenties, was dancing freely to the music. She wore what could generously be described as a skirt, but only because fashion designers insisted on calling it one. It was so short that I found myself wondering whether the rest of the fabric had simply failed to arrive. Every bend and every turn threatened to reveal more than it concealed. She paired it with