{"id":446536,"date":"2017-12-13T05:52:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/men-must-champion-womens-rights-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T05:52:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:52:13","slug":"men-must-champion-womens-rights-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/men-must-champion-womens-rights-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Men must champion women\u2019s rights \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/89859095.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo Sotn\" title=\"Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo Sotn\" width=\"295\" height=\"201\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513144333_627_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged decision-makers from all sectors of national life to support policies which empower women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>At the launch of the HeForShe platform, at the Independence Square, in Accra, on Tuesday, 12th December, 2017, the President also invited men and boys across all communities in the country to become agents of change, and join this platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI invite lawmakers to continue their work in advancing progress for women\u2019s and girl\u2019s rights across the nation. I invite traditional leaders, as gatekeepers of our moral and cultural values, to work in helping to tear down the cultural barriers, which prevent our women and girls from being equal citizens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President continued, \u201cI invite you all to become champions of women\u2019s rights, and agents of change, in and out of our borders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HeForShe is a solidarity campaign for the advancement of women initiated by UN Women. Its goal is to achieve equality by encouraging men and boys as agents of change and take action against negative inequalities faced by women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>With President Akufo-Addo holding the dual positions of co-Chair of the Eminent Group of Advocates on the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the African Union Gender Champion for 2017, he noted that \u201cwe do ourselves and future generations a great disservice if we leave women out of the agenda for development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reiterating the significance and importance of all of the SDGs, President Akufo-Addo told the gathering that \u201cas the AU Gender Champion, I must, perforce, single out, for special mention and attention, during my stay in office, SDG 5, which defines the goal of gender equality and full female empowerment. In my estimation, it is at the heart of the structure of the SDGs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President was, thus, proud that Ghana has joined several other countries who have launched the HeForShe platform, in support of creating a better world, \u201cwhere we extend a blanket of protection to all women, and to ensure that their rights become the bedrock for equality and social justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As AU Gender Champion and the Co-Chair of the UN SDGs Advocates, President Akufo-Addo pledged to work with all actors to ensure that gender equality becomes reality in Ghana, and across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I commit to giving full support to the three focus areas under the HeForShe platform for action in Ghana: to end child marriage and negative cultural and traditional practices; to increase women\u2019s participation and representation in political\/decision-making spheres, by passing the Affirmative Action Bill in 2018; and to increase women\u2019s economic empowerment, through capacity building and a healthy business environment,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>As Ghana goes HeForShe, President Akufo-Addo urged the gathering and Ghanaians to remind themselves that \u201cinequality has an unbearable burden and cost on our economy, society and the development of our nation. 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