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\"Gender<\/p>\n
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The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama says women activists need to be more tolerant of opposing viewpoints on gender parity following the criticism that met President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s demand for more dynamism from women.<\/p>\n

On The Big Issue, the minister also said the Ghanaian feminists and gender advocates needed to be more inclusive.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe women\u2019s movement has to be very tolerant of other people\u2019s views and encourage other people to be part of the conversion and generate ideas to enable us to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hajia Mahama is holding fast to her view that President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s call was not deserving of criticism.<\/p>\n

On Friday, she joined two other women ministers to defend the President\u2019s remarks<\/strong>, which were made at the\u00a02019 Women Deliver Conference in Canada.<\/p>\n

Critics argued that his comments\u00a0erase the earlier efforts of activists and ignore the role expected of persons already in positions of power in a male-dominated political space.<\/p>\n

But Hajia Mahama questioned the critic\u2019s grasp of gender issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the president said something, they found their voice talking about things they don\u2019t even understand,\u201d the Minister added.<\/p>\n

\u2018No one will open doors for you\u2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hajia Mahama insisted that women outside of government bore the responsibility of addressing systemic problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we say amplification, it is not just people doing it for us we should also move forward. We can\u2019t fold our hands and sit down and say that the decision-making people should change for them. No one will open doors for you. You open the doors yourself. You break the glass ceiling and go through.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGender issues have come this far because of the long chain of women who have fought for it though of course, we have had support from men,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

Unwholesome talk from President<\/strong><\/p>\n

The spokesperson for former President John Mahama, however, described President Akufo-Addo\u2019s comments as unwholesome.<\/p>\n

She said the President, the 2017 AU\u00a0Gender Champion, needed to be\u00a0more nuanced in his assessment of gender in Ghana.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think he made a very general statement which failed to address the dynamism that Ghanaian women had shown,\u201d Mrs. Mogtari also said on The Big Issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that on this occasion, the President could have started off by saying something more wholesome, expressing a more prospective perspective. Speaking to the past of female activism, activists, dynamism and movements.\u201d<\/p>\n

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