Women's Week

THE Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs, Ms Akua Sena Dansua, has assured Ghanaian women of President Mills’s commitment to the empowerment of women and children in the country.
That, she said, would enable women to enjoy a free and safe environment without fear of being assaulted or harassed.
Ms Dansua gave the assurance in Accra yesterday when the ministry organised a float through some principal streets of Accra to commemorate this year’s Women’s Week celebration.
The theme for the celebration was, “Women and men working together for a better Ghana”.
The event was to create awareness of women’s rights, the need to encourage women’s participation in decision making and relevant government policies for women’s welfare.
Some of the placards displayed during the float were: “Parents, care for your children”, “Branding women as witches is a human rights violation”, “Support the girl child to be in school”, “Stop early marriages” and “Don’t rape your daughters”.
Ms Dansua encouraged women to be assertive and work hard in order to support their husbands and families.
The United Nations General Assembly designated 1975 as the International Women’s Year and the following decade was devoted to sustaining national, regional and international efforts to implement the World Plan of Action which emanated from the International Conference on Women in Mexico.
The Ghana government, in response to the requirement to establish a body for gender equality, development and peace, established the National Council for Women and Development in April 1975 under Decree 322 to promote the advancement of women in Ghana.
From that time, the celebration of Women’s Week was marked by week-long activities until 2001.

Picture: Some of the women during the float.