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Engage boys in domestic chores – Parents advised
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Parents have been advised to distribute domestic roles and chores to ensure that boys supported girls to have maximum time to study and improve upon their academic performance.
Ms Dorcas Zoogah, the National Chairperson for the Young Urban Women Movement (YUWM), a move¬ment under the ActionAid Ghana, a non-governmental organisation said, males mostly performed better than females at school because of the less burden they have at home.
She stated that, it was necessary to give girls the support they need¬ed to ensure that they climbed up the academic ladder like their male counterparts.
Ms Zoogah stated this at the launch of the Upper West Regional Chapter of the YUWM at Wa by the ActionAid.
The YUWM is an organised group of women with the objective of em¬powering young women living in rural and urban communities of Ghana with skills to secure economic inde-pendence, have control over their bodiesas well as advocate better opportunities and rights in the areas of sexual and gender-based violence, unpaid care work and decent work.
In an attempt to address the im¬pact of unpaid care work on school girls, Ms Zoogah said, if mothers re¬distributed the chores and made boys to assist, girls would have some time on their hands to study and engage in other productive ventures.
“These girls wake up and do so much that they get exhausted even before the day begins. They have to do so much chores and get exhausted even before they go to school and are therefore unable to concen¬trate,” she said.
She cited instances where as a lit¬tle girl, she would be in class but will be thinking of the number of buckets of water she would need to draw home after school and which route to use to get to the source of water in addition to the evening meal she would be preparing for the family.
“The issue also has to do with the fact that some women do not even consider what they do as work and do not see the stress they go through. So our aim is to create the awareness about unpaid care work and help the females with better communication strategies to persuade the men to share in those roles,” she said.
Touching on sexual and gen¬der-based violence, the Chairperson was worried that most of the abuses suffered at home were perpetuat¬ed by females against females such as mothers or sisters-in-law against daughters-in law and asked that women should support each other so that they could jointly demand same respect from men.
“We need mothers-in-law who support daughters-in-law and not abuse them so that together they can demand for their rights from the men in the home but this does not happen overnight, it happens as a result of awareness creation and good commu¬nication skills,” she added.
From Darlington Fordjour, Wa
The Dzidula Pink Foundation, a new organisation dedicated to cancer awareness, early detection, and patient support, has been officially launched in Accra, with a passionate call for national commitment to fighting the disease. The launch event, held last week Friday, carried the theme: “Beyond the diagnosis: A future of restoration, care and courage.”
Speaking at the event, Madam Abena Brigidi, founder and CEO of Nimed Capital Limited, emphasised that cancer remains one of the most devastating health challenges facing families across the country. “Cancer does not discriminate—it affects mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons. It drains families emotionally and financially, and behind every statistic is a human story and a future suddenly thrown into uncertainty,” she said.
Sharing her personal encounters with cancer, having lost both her husband and father to the disease, Madam Brigidi highlighted the emotional, financial, and physical scars left behind. “I stand here not just as a speaker, but as a witness to what cancer can take away,” she stated. “I have watched loved ones fight bravely, and I have felt the deep pain that loss leaves behind.”
She stressed that awareness and early detection are critical to reducing deaths, noting that many Ghanaians still lack access to proper screening, reliable information, and adequate treatment. She appealed to healthcare professionals, corporate institutions, policymakers, the media, and the general public to join hands in the fight. “Early detection saves lives. Your support today can lead to someone’s healing tomorrow,” she said.
Madam Brigidi further called for collective responsibility to sustain the foundation’s mission. “To our medical professionals, we need your expertise. To corporate partners, your resources. To the media, your voice. To policymakers, your support. And to the public, your compassion,” she urged. She also insisted that breast cancer awareness should not be limited to annual campaigns, saying, “Breast cancer awareness must not be seasonal.”
Mrs Diana Fafa Gozo, founder of the Dzidula Pink Foundation, shared her own cancer journey, describing the shock of diagnosis, the fear that followed, and the difficult path through treatment. Her experience transformed her pain into purpose and inspired her to create a foundation to ensure no cancer patient walks alone.
Mrs Gozo explained that many patients struggle not only with treatment costs but also with emotional resilience. She outlined the foundation’s initiatives, which include awareness and early detection campaigns, patient support funds, community outreach, and survival support circles. “This foundation is my offering of gratitude, courage, and compassion and a reminder that no one should walk the cancer journey alone,” she concluded.
By Esinam Jemima Kuatsinu
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The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) says it will deploy teams of Public Health Officers, members of its Sanitation Taskforce, and labourers, including sweepers and janitors, across all sub-metros to support the third National Sanitation Day exercise.
It explained that these teams will be equipped with waste collection trucks, tippers, and other tools to help with desilting, refuse collection, and transporting waste to approved disposal sites.
The AMA reminded residents that failing to comply with the sanitation directive or refusing to participate in communal labour is an offence.
It said offenders risk a fine of up to 100 penalty units, imprisonment between 30 days and six months, or both, with repeat offenders liable to additional daily penalties.
It urged all residents, traders, transport operators, market women, shop owners, landlords, tenants, and businesses to actively participate in the exercise.
The AMA said it counts on everyone’s collective responsibility to keep Accra clean, liveable, and resilient, especially as the city approaches Christmas and the New Year.
By: Jacob Aggrey
