Damian Avevor is an award-winning Ghanaian journalist. He is the supervising editor of newswatchgh.com, a Ghanaian interfaith online media organization that reports on religion and social development. He formerly worked with Ghana's national Catholic weekly, The Catholic Standard, for 17 years as a reporter, senior reporter and chief reporter and was its first news editor. He contributes stories to Catholic News Service and Global Sisters Report. He is a member of the Ghana Journalists Association, an affiliate member of the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana, and an executive member of the Catholic Association of Media Practitioners, Ghana.
The Integrated Mother and Babies Course, an initiative by the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious - Ghana, trains sisters and health care volunteers to address the welfare of infants and toddlers, and promote maternal mental health.
In Africa, there is rampant misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine. To save lives amid the pandemic, Catholic sisters have been working to educate and encourage people to get vaccinated as the best means to fight the virus.
Equal access to education is the only means by which women can get into and sustain leadership positions in society, said a Ghanaian nun and medical doctor.
