{"id":445176,"date":"2011-06-21T15:59:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T15:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/21\/women-facing-challenges-due-to-stereotyping-azuma-mensah\/"},"modified":"2011-06-21T15:59:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T15:59:37","slug":"women-facing-challenges-due-to-stereotyping-azuma-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/21\/women-facing-challenges-due-to-stereotyping-azuma-mensah\/","title":{"rendered":"Women facing challenges due to stereotyping-Azuma Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/d8b78b30020x20211.jpg.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Minister for Women's and Children's Affairs\" title=\"Minister for Women's and Children's Affairs\" align=\"left\" \/>The Minister for Women and Children\u2019s Affairs, Mrs. Juliana Azuma Mensah has said that women are faced with a lot of challenges due to stereotyping in the field of politics, health and education among others.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Launch of the African Women\u2019s Decade in Accra on Tuesday, Mrs. Azumah Mensah said necessary measures need to be taken to address these challenges facing women adding<\/p>\n<p>She stressed that her Ministry will do its best to address some of the pertinent issues facing women.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of the event which is \u201cGrassroots Approach to Gender Equality and Women\u2019s Empowerment\u201d is to focus on utilizing gender tools to influence perception on cultural stereotypes, management and investment institutions. The focus of this year\u2019s team is to address issues concerning health, maternal mortality rate and HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are ten thematic areas which will be tackled annually. They include; education, science and technology, governance and legal protection, women in decision making etc.<\/p>\n<p>The objective is to improve the status of the African woman at the grassroots level and to promote gender equality in all aspects of life.\u00a0 The organization is aimed at presenting a renewed opportunity for further realization and improvement of women\u2019s participation in various sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>On her part, the Guest of Honor,\u00a0 the First Lady Dr. Mrs. Ernestina Naadu Mills also assured that government is committed to respecting the rights of women as enshrined in the constitution and that more measures will be taken to solve these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>She commended the African Women\u2019s Commission and the UN for bringing up such an initiative.<\/p>\n<p>A representative from the Ministry of Health, Mrs. Marian Tackie also assured of her Ministry\u2019s commitment to touching on the key areas of the organization which include maternal mortality, lack of health infrastructure among others. She was certain that measures will be taken to address health problems in order to provide basic facilities in existing hospitals and also build more to curb the plight of women in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Story: Feridatu Shaibu\/Asempa News\/Ghana<\/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>View post: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Minister for Women and Children\u2019s Affairs, Mrs. Juliana Azuma Mensah has said that women are faced with a lot of challenges due to stereotyping in the field of politics, health and education among others. 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