By
Mildred Siabi-Mensah, GNA
Sekondi, Sept. 16, GNA – A two-day
empowerment and reproductive training camp has been organized for about 200
girls from first and second cycle schools the Western Region to boost their
confidence and make them better contributors to society.
The girls were selected from four districts:
Wassa Amenfi, Wassa East, Nzema East, and Ahanta West.
The programme, dubbed: “First
Mentorship and Girls Empowerment Summit 2019,” was facilitated by the
Department of Gender, with financial support from the United Nations Population
Fund.
Mr Eric Appiah Okrah, the Programmes
Officer/Adolescent and Girls, Department of Gender, said empowering young girls
to reach their full potentials had become critical in building resilient
societies.
He said the girl-woman factor in development
could not be over-ruled and it would take the meaningful contributions of women
to achieve the development the country aspired.
Mr Okrah, therefore, called on society to
accept and allow women to contribute in social discourse and leadership for
growth.
“We are building the can do spirit in
them now to better participate in all activities in society,” he added.
Ms Maribel Okine, the Acting Director,
Department of Gender, said the girls would be taken through Adolescent
Reproductive Health, Teenage Pregnancy, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, and
Child Marriage.
They would also have an engagement with role
models from diverse professional backgrounds, role plays, evaluation, and
excursion to educational institutions among other activities.
GNA
