{"id":428823,"date":"2017-10-15T02:43:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T02:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/15\/use-your-platform-to-help-ghanaian-women-bawumia-to-miss-ghana-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-10-15T02:43:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T02:43:48","slug":"use-your-platform-to-help-ghanaian-women-bawumia-to-miss-ghana-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/15\/use-your-platform-to-help-ghanaian-women-bawumia-to-miss-ghana-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Use your platform to help Ghanaian women &#8211; Bawumia to Miss Ghana 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Sunday, 15 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/56170431.295.jpg\" alt=\"Bawumia To Beauty Queens 123\" title=\"Bawumia To Beauty Queens 123\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Dr Mahamudu Bawumia,Vice-President in a pose with Inna Patty and queens of Miss Ghana 2017<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1508035428_931_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has charged newly crowned Miss Ghana, Margaret Mwintuur Dery to use her unique position to highlight issues that affect women in the country.<\/p>\n<p>At a brief ceremony to present the winners to the Presidency, Dr Bawumia reiterated government\u2019s commitment to meeting the targets set under the sustainable development goals on women inclusiveness in decision making.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only are you beautiful, you\u2019ve also got brains. That\u2019s a very powerful combination and you represent something solid. I think you should use this platform to promote causes that will benefit our country and the society as a whole,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A student of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Margaret Mwintuur Dery was last weekend crowned the winner of the pageant organized to wrap up activities marking the 60th anniversary of Ghana\u2018s independence.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President used the opportunity to announce to them government&#8217;s readiness to addressing issues affecting women in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you know, the President; Nana Akufo-Addo is the African Union (AU) gender champion and so, we\u2019re very focused on making sure we uplift women and girls in everything that we do and I think you should also be doing exactly that as you enjoy your reign,\u201d Dr Bawumia said.<\/p>\n<p>CEO of Exclusive Events Ghana, organizers of the Miss Ghana pageant, Inna Patty indicated the event afforded contestants to highlight the cultural diversity of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the celebration of our 60-year history of beauty, intelligence, celebrating Ghanaian culture, promoting tourism and investment,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>So we felt that, upon your return, it was in order to formally come by, pay a courtesy call and present to you your queens,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KOUFEvtW0ds\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Sunday, 15 October 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-10-15 play videoDr Mahamudu Bawumia,Vice-President in a pose with Inna Patty and queens of Miss Ghana 2017 &#13; Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has charged newly crowned Miss Ghana, Margaret Mwintuur Dery to use her unique position to highlight issues that affect women in the country. 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