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She has served on a number of boards which includes the following: an advisory council member of the West African STEM Hub, advisory member of the Global Young Academy, Board member of the KNUST Foundation, a member of the Ghana Institute of Engineers and the Executive Women Network.
Ampofo started teaching at the University of Ghana (UG) in 1989. [4] During 1994 and 1995, Ampofo was a Junior Fulbright Scholar. [4] In 2005, became the first Head of the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA) at UG, which she held until 2009. [3] Around 2008, she became an editor for Ghana Studies, working on that journal until 2013 ...
Women's groups and activists in Ghana are demanding gender policies and programmes to improve the livelihood of women. [11] Additionally, the government has a ministry dedicated to women, and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection focuses on policy formation on issues that pertain specifically to women and children.
Why Diversity Matters Leaders working to create diverse and inclusive workplaces in which women can advance must make the connection between diversity initiatives and their organization’s business goals.1 Effective business cases set the context for diversity and identify organizational challenges that must be addressed in order to create change.
Whilst as first lady Mahama served as a role model for women in Ghana and worked as an advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness, Breast and Cervical Cancer awareness, orphans and alleged witches. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She is currently the President of the Lordina Mahama foundation, a charity whose motto is "The more we share, the more we have".
The Gender Centre successfully conducted the Nkyinkyim Anti-Violence Project, [5] which began in 1998 and continues today. The project aims to abolish violence against women through conducting community-based research and pursuing a grassroots approach in which meetings with traditional leaders, religious leaders, and community members lead to local teams responsible for raising awareness ...
In studies that found a gender difference, women adopted participative styles of leadership and were more transformational leaders than men. Other studies find that no significant gender differences in leadership exist. Until recently, leadership positions have predominantly been held by men and men were therefore stereotyped to be more ...
After gaining weight during the Covid-19 pandemic, Harvey Fierstein says that he’s now lost 120 lbs., — all thanks to weight-loss medication. In typically irreverent Fierstein fashion, the ...