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The river Offin “gods’ can stop menstruating girls. Why can’t they stop galamsey? – Joojo Cobbinah writes

The river Offin “gods’ can stop menstruating girls. Why can’t they stop galamsey? – Joojo Cobbinah writes
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For years, I reported that girls living along the River Offin were barred from crossing on Tuesdays and while menstruating. As bizarre as this sounds, the practice persists. Human rights activists and the public were outraged when the story first broke. In 2018, then Deputy Education Minister Yaw Osei Adutwum promised that no child would […]

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