{"id":440177,"date":"2011-06-13T08:29:21","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T08:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/13\/first-lady-honoured-with-a-doctorate-degree-in-humanity\/"},"modified":"2011-06-13T08:29:21","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T08:29:21","slug":"first-lady-honoured-with-a-doctorate-degree-in-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/13\/first-lady-honoured-with-a-doctorate-degree-in-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"First Lady honoured with a doctorate degree in humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/efeeaa13adies_forum.jpg.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Mrs. Naadu Mills honoured with doctorate degree in humanity\" title=\"Mrs. Naadu Mills honoured with doctorate degree in humanity\" align=\"left\" \/>The First Lady, Dr. Mrs. Ernestina Naadu Mills has underscored the importance of governments investing in girl child education as a major move to reducing poverty across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>She said women across the world have and continue to play pivotal roles in the development of their communities through their selflessness and dedication.<\/p>\n<p>The first lady made these remarks during her commencement speech at the Goodwin College in Connecticut, USA where she was honoured with a doctorate degree in humanity.<\/p>\n<p>The award is in recognition of her contribution to women empowerment in Ghana. It was also for a role in improving the quality of education she has provided through her advocacy activities in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mrs Naadu Mills further emphasized that, countries that focus on improving the quality of education for the girl child stand to benefit economically and called for a concerted effort at ensuring that priority is given girls who compete with their male counterparts for education.<\/p>\n<p>The first lady Dr. Mrs. Naadu Mills used the occasion to call on governments and societies that still discriminate against the girl child to eliminate such acts.<\/p>\n<p>She made particular reference to socio-cultural practices that tend to hinder the progress of girl child education which she advocated strongly for a reform, to allow them develop their potentials to the fullest.<\/p>\n<p>The first lady was grateful to Ghanaians particularly her husband President John Atta Mills, for providing her support in all her endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Office of the President<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read this article:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The First Lady, Dr. <\/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-440177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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