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Georgina Wood <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first woman to become Ghana\u2019s Chief of Justice, Georgina\nWood, spoke to 20 American students about Ghana\u2019s judicial system on July 22,\n2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The students are part of the University o"},"modified":"2019-07-26T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T18:13:00","slug":"former-chief-justice-welcomes-us-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/26\/former-chief-justice-welcomes-us-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Chief Justice Welcomes US Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n

Georgina Wood <\/strong><\/p>\n

The first woman to become Ghana\u2019s Chief of Justice, Georgina
\nWood, spoke to 20 American students about Ghana\u2019s judicial system on July 22,
\n2019. <\/p>\n

The students are part of the University of Oregon\u2019s African
\nDiaspora Studies program; a four-week study abroad that takes students first to
\nNew Orleans, and then to Ghana, retracing the steps of African slaves coming to
\nAmerica 400 years ago as part of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. <\/p>\n

The Diaspora studies program coincides with Africa\u2019s \u201cYear of
\nReturn,\u201d which aims to commemorate the arrival of the first African slave in
\nJamestown, Virginia 400 years ago by encouraging African- Americans[1]\u00a0
\nto return to Ghana, where the slave trade began. <\/p>\n

Wood opened her speech with a desire to use her time wisely,
\ntelling students that she would be speaking about her experiences as Chief
\nJustice and answering questions near the end of the program. <\/p>\n

She highlighted a couple of her biggest achievements in the
\nten years (2007 to 2017) she spent as Chief Justice. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to expedite the judicial process, we created a
\nnumber of specialty courts,\u201d Wood said. \u201cIncluding family courts, civil courts
\nand criminal courts,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

One of the specialty courts Wood touched on was the domestic
\nviolence court. Wood said that many women in Ghana maintained \u201chead of household\u201d
\nduties, but didn\u2019t receive the same fair treatment that men did. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important for women to be represented within the
\njudicial system in Ghana. It\u2019s gotten better, but there\u2019s still much work to
\ndo.\u201d <\/p>\n

She stressed the importance of creating an independent
\njudiciary that isn\u2019t \u201csubservient to legislative or executive branches of
\ngovernment.\u201d <\/p>\n

Wood continued \u201cIndependence is guaranteed in Ghana\u2019s constitution.
\nBut because of our past history and to protect the constitution and the people
\nof Ghana, we had to add to the constitution. That\u2019s why it\u2019s much longer than
\nthe constitution in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

By Donny Morrison<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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