When women’s empowerment only empowers the already empowered

There is a growing industry around women’s empowerment in Ghana. Conferences, brunches, masterclasses, podcasts and hashtags. This is, on the surface, a positive development. More women are creating spaces for other women, and that visibility matters. But it invites a more difficult question: Who is being empowered, and how? In recent years, empowerment has, in […]