General News of Wednesday, 28 February 2018<\/p>\n
Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n 2018-02-28<\/p>\n On the back of the strong calls for women empowerment in Ghana, Professor Akosua Adoma Perbi has enumerated the series of challenges women have had to endure in contributing to the development of the country- from the precolonial era to recent times, arguing that the struggle was bizarre.<\/p>\n Speaking at the second session of 2018 J.B. Danquah memorial lecture at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Science (GAAS) in Accra, Professor Perbi said the \u201cBritish introduced an alien system\u201d but the intervention of Ghana\u2019s first President Nkrumah\u2019s in attaining independence for the country brought an end to the cruelty against women. <\/p>\n Recounting the practice of why men continue to dominate in the social fields, political life, in the military sphere, in religion, and in the economy and administrative departments, she indicated that the idea of women performing duties under colonial ruling at the time was not permitted. <\/p>\n Professor Perbi held that, \u201cWomen were not given the chance to prove or disprove the fears of the colonial government. Male chauvinism was dominant in Britain and in all Europe, America, Asia and Africa. The colonialist felt that a woman was inferior and weak and that her physiology and anatomy prevented her from performing well.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cThere was also a protectionist attitude because the man who was stronger had to protect the woman who was feeble and of the weaker sex.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Professor](\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/22341410.295.jpg\" "\\"Professor")
play video<\/span>Professor Akosua Adoma Perbi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n