Sharing Care: The Harder Reform
If the April 2024 inception meeting established that care is economic infrastructure, subsequent convenings surfaced another reality: care reform requires revisiting long-standing assumptions about who is responsible for care. At the 2025 Care Policies Convening, an early career researcher working on the care component under the Social Policies prong of the WEE-Ghana project, Dr. Faustina...Continue reading→
Beyond Maternity Leave: Who Shares Care in Ghana?
A Four-Part Series on Redistribution, Reform and Women’s Economic Empowerment Ghana is rethinking its labour laws. As of early 2026, the proposed Labour Bill seeks to extend maternity leave beyond the current twelve weeks and formalise paternity leave nationwide. While the bill remains under review, one thing is clear: caregiving has moved to the centre...Continue reading→
Her Field Diaries: Inside the Everyday Realities Powering Ghana’s Local Economies
A Journey Begins Excitement and anticipation filled the air as the WEE-Ghana team geared up for their field data collection exercise — a journey that would take them through Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Zabzugu in the Northern Region, and Effia Kwesimintsim in the Western Region to uncover the real stories behind women’s economic empowerment....Continue reading→