Dr. Gifty Enyonam Dake-Ketemepi

Blogs and Articles

Insights and reflections on education, quality management, and social development.

Social developmentFeminism

Do Women Think? When Degrees Can't Cure Ignorance

February 11, 2026

"Do women think?" Let that marinate for a moment. This wasn't some random troll from the dark corners of the internet. This was a degree holder. A suit-and-tie-wearing, public-university-educated gentleman who looks intelligent and well-composed from the outside. He was taught by accomplished female academics at one of Ghana's well-known universities. Women who, presumably, used their thinking brains to grade his papers and sign off on his degree. The irony is so thick you could cut it with a knife.

Social development, Feminism, Growth

Affirmative Action Is Overdue Justice: “Not a Handout, a Hand Up”

February 3, 2026

Here's what struck me: how can someone advocate for gender equity while opposing one of the most effective tools for achieving it? This disconnect reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of what affirmative action actually is, and what merit really means. Affirmative action isn't a shortcut for the unqualified; it’s a corrective lens for a system that has been "merit-blind" to women’s contributions for centuries.

Corruption Social development

Beyond "God's Time": How Corruption, Poverty Mindset, and Religious Fatalism Are Sinking Ghana

December 9, 2025

These two conversations expose the cultural foundations that allow corruption to permeate every level of Ghanaian society: a poverty mindset that drives endless accumulation, and a fatalistic religiosity that replaces action with prayer.

Education Quality Education

Quantity vs. Quality: Has Free SHS Become Ghana's Educational Achilles' Heel?

November 27, 2025

On the Free SHS: The harsh reality is this: we've prioritised quantity at the altar of quality.

Social developmentGrowth

The Price of Silence: Why Ghana Needs Critical Voices Now More Than Ever

November 9, 2025

And we sit. We watch. We turn our faces away. Because speaking up isn't "the Ghanaian way."

Poem

The Ache of Loving Loudly in a Silent Room

November 4, 2025

But sometimes… they’re not there. Not in the crowd. Not in the moment. Not even in the silence after.

Child SafetyChildren ProtectionSocial Issues

“Let Girls Be Children, Not Victims: End the Rape and Forced Marriage of the Girl Child”

October 27, 2025

Between September and October 2025 alone, Ghana witnessed a horrifying cascade of child sexual abuse cases

Human ExperienceHumanity

The Mask We Wear, The Ache We Hide

October 27, 2025

So we stay masked. But the ache remains. And it whispers: “Please, see me.”

Women development and empowermentFemininityFeminism

The Arrogance Is Not Arrogance: When a Woman’s Confidence Is Misnamed

October 19, 2025

The women who came before me faced these same labels. I don't expect my story to be different. But I also won't let the fear of being called arrogant stop me from becoming who I'm meant to be. Neither should you.