Ghana: MFWA expresses worry about gendered, sexualised misinformation

 Kwaku Krobea Asante, Team Lead at the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has raised concerns about the rise of gendered and sexualised misinfor­mation in Ghana, particularly as the country approaches this year’s elections.

He pointed out that this wave of misinformation was disproportion­ately targeting women, especially female politicians, with the intent to shame, discredit, and silence them, ultimately discouraging women from pursuing public office.

According…