Publications
IDOS – Local Feminist Perspective
October 21, 2025
Feminists’ perspectives as transformative levers in Ghana Executive summary Ghana is a multi-party, multi-ethnic and multi-religious state, which practices legal pluralism – a system which recognises customary law in addition
Architecture for Violence Against Women in Ghana
September 1, 2021
In 1998, the Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre (the Gender Centre) took the bold step of undertaking a nationwide research to ascertain the prevalence of violence against women
Gender Norms, Domestic Violence & Women’s Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS
June 28, 2021
The dearth of empirical data to support lobbying and advocacy strategies for law and policy reforms was one of the reasons that led to the formation of the Gender Centre.
A Guide to Developing a Community Response to Violence against Women in Ghana
February 11, 2021
In 1998, when the Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre (Gender Centre) undertook a nationwide research on violence against women, (one in 12 critical areas in the Platform of
Violence Against Women, Training Manual
February 11, 2021
When the Gender Centre conceptualized its Nyinkyim Anti-violence Project, it recognized the need to put together a comprehensive training programme for its partners to ensure a deep understanding of violence