{"id":349244,"date":"2011-03-30T08:19:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T08:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/%e2%80%9cwhat-men-can-do-women-can-do-slogan-is-too-harsh%e2%80%9d-mowac\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T08:19:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T08:19:10","slug":"what-men-can-do-women-can-do-slogan-is-too-harsh-mowac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/what-men-can-do-women-can-do-slogan-is-too-harsh-mowac\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat men can do women can do slogan is too harsh\u201d-MOWAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n<!-- Prova Advanced Social Bookmarker Plugin version 2.2 http:\/\/prova.com --> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2f1d5e9d020x20274.jpg.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Hajia Hawawu Boya, Deputy Women and Children's Affairs Minister\" title=\"Hajia Hawawu Boya, Deputy Women and Children's Affairs Minister\" align=\"left\" \/>The Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Women and Children\u2019s Affairs, Mrs. Adiza Ofori-Adu has admitted that the slogan \u201cWhat Men Can Do women can do better\u201d was harsh on women.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Ofori-Adu is therefore calling on men to help women so the nation can develop.<br \/>The empowerment of women received massive boast during the Fourth World Conference on Women (UN, 1995) in Beijing China, where the slogan \u201cwhat men can do women can do better\u201d was adopted.<\/p>\n<p>Some me have criticized the slogan saying it is meant to encourage women to challenge men unnecessarily.<br \/>Speaking to Adom News after the Media lunch of this year\u2019s International Women\u2019s Fair scheduled to take place in Accra from the 6th to 8th of May, 2011, Mrs. Ofori- Adu said the slogan does not mean men should not help their women partners.<\/p>\n<p>She disclosed that her ministry is now moving from that slogan and called for collaboration between men and women to help in national development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know the gender issues are in stages, yes in the beginning the issues were hot, after Beijing there was so much energy and that was why such slogans were developed. But now we are calling for man-woman collaboration to help build the nation. Each plays a role,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the Fair is \u201cThe working Woman\u2019s contribution to development\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Story: Kofi Adomah\/Adom News<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c73b3ed5index.php_.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View post:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Women and Children\u2019s Affairs, Mrs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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