{
  "id": 19305760,
  "title": "The river Offin “gods’ can stop menstruating girls. Why can’t they stop galamsey? – Joojo Cobbinah writes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/the-river-offin-gods-can-stop-menstruating-girls-why-cant-they-stop",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T07:04:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/the-river-offin-gods-can-stop-menstruating-girls-why-cant-they-stop-galamsey-joojo-cobbinah-writes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For years, I reported that girls living along the River Offin were barred from crossing on Tuesdays and while menstruating. As bizarre as this sounds, the practice persists. Human rights activists and the public were outraged when the story first broke. In 2018, then Deputy Education Minister Yaw Osei Adutwum promised that no child would […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "The river Offin ‘gods’ can stop menstruating girls; why can’t they stop galamsey?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/the-river-offin-gods-can-stop-menstruating-girls-why-cant-they-stop-19337294",
        "published": "2026-11-10T13:25:45.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}