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As Ghana expands access to financial services, an important question remains: Are women truly benefiting?

NETRIGHT-Ghana's latest blog explores why financial inclusion must go beyond access to address the barriers limiting women's economic empowerment.

Read our latest blog and share your thoughts: https://www.netrightghana.org/stay-updated/blog/beyond-access-why-financial-inclusion-must-center-womens-realities-ghana

Promoting Effective Policies for Women's Economic Empowerment in Ghana William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Tax Justice Network Africa Third World Network-Africa Graça Machel Trust Plan International Alinea International Open Society-Africa STAR-Ghana Foundation Tricia Akaps

Beyond Access: Why Financial Inclusion Must Center Women’s Realities in Ghana | Network for Women's Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) Date 11 Jun 2026 By Faustina DjabateyGhana has made significant progress in expanding access to financial services over the past decade. The rapid growth of mobile money, agent banking, and fintech innovations has transformed how people save and transact. Digital finance is increasingly positioned a...

📍 Happening Now: National Dissemination Workshop Time Use Report on Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS6)


"Data and evidence drive meaningful change. For many years, unpaid care work has remained largely invisible—not because it does not exist, but because it has not been adequately measured, documented, or prioritised in policy spaces. What is not counted is often not valued, and what is not valued is rarely addressed." Tricia Akaps



Alinea International Ucare Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada Third World Network-Africa Tax Justice Network Africa African Women's Development Fund

What if we could accurately measure the number of hours women and adolescent girls spend on unpaid care and domestic work each day?

Today, NETRIGHT-Ghana, in partnership with Alinea International under the United for Care-Sensitive Approaches to Rights and Empowerment (Ucare) project, is hosting a dissemination workshop to share findings from an analysis of time use data collected as part of Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS6).

Alinea International Ucare Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada Open Society-Africa Tax Justice Network Africa Plan International

📍Happening Now: Public Forum on Gender Analysis of the 2026 National Budget



The Government of Ghana (GOG) must place greater value on the care economy by investing in data generation.



Tricia Akaps