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Workshop on Women in Governance opened in Tema
Tema, Jan 08, GNA- Women in Law and Development in Africa
WiLDAF, has organised a workshop on Good Governance and
women's participation for female assembly members and
women's group in Tema.
The workshop is the first of a ten-day programme supported
by the European Union (EU), to enhance women's participation
in Good Governance.
In an address, the Programme Co-coordinator of WiLDAF Ghana,
Ms Bernice Sam said the project is being implemented in
seven West African states with a total number of 455
beneficiaries.
She said WiLDAF has identified that development policies,
plans and programmes adopted at national and decentralized
levels do not take into consideration the needs and
interests of women.
She said for instance statistics available to them indicates
that the number of women in parliament in the sub-region is
11.3 percent, whiles that of Ghana is 10.9 percent with only
7 percent at the decentralized level.
The workshop, she said is therefore one of the many efforts
of WiLDAF Ghana in collaboration with its sub-Regional
Office (WASRO), in Togo to redefine priorities during
adoption of policies and programmes that will take into
consideration women's view points, needs and interest.
Participants at the workshop would be taken through the
basic Human rights of women, Decentralization, Budget and
Gender Budgeting, Planning and Programming as well as
Lobbying and Advocacy.
In a brief statement the Ankobea Atukpai of Accra, Naa Akuye
the First condemned the practice of widowhood rights in some
parts of the country, which she said goes against the human
rights of women.
This is because some women do not have enough education on
their rights and expressed the hope that such workshops
would be carried out through the country to empower women on
their rights.
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