Africa: Are Africa's 'Men of God' Preserving Injustices Against Women?

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Ghana — Adoley and her husband Mike (not their real names) attend one of Ghana's mega churches. Both are university graduates. She is a seamstress and owns a small retail shop. He is an accountant. The couple live with Mike's family, where Adoley sometimes feels she's blamed for the couple's childlessness after having three miscarriages.

When they visited our home in Accra one Sunday in December 2015, Adoley complained about a few things, such as Mike refusing to carry her handbag in church while she went to the bathroom, because - as he explained - "a man doesn't carry a woman's bag".

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