"I am in labor and you are calling me to tell me this, do you want me to die?" I was very, very sad because I wasn't expecting this," Fosu told CNN about the September 2014 phone call. A Ghana Police Service spokeswoman told CNN that women who got pregnant during their 18-month probation period were given maternity leave and allowed to return to work. Hammond told CNN that, after her dismissal, her colleagues asked if she had refused advances from senior officers. Hammond said she hadn't experienced any sexual harassment at the fire service and was shocked to lose her job.

Source: CNN March 08, 2019 00:22 UTC