Group picture of the participants<\/strong><\/p>\nSelected African women occupying
\nelected positions from 12 African countries are undergoing a two-day training
\nprogramme in Accra to enable them take up higher political and leadership
\npositions so that there can be fair representation of women in government as
\nwell as judicious use of national resources.<\/p>\n
The two-day training was put together
\nby the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) in collaboration with
\nCommonwealth Partnership for Democracy and Ghana\u2019s Parliament to provide the
\nwomen with the opportunity to acquire vital professional skills as well as
\ncontribute to problem solving sets that can help transform politic, Parliaments
\nand systems of elections into more gender sensitive and equal space for women
\nparticipation and leadership.<\/p>\n
Opening the training programme, the
\nWFD Country Representative of Ghana, Dr David Appiah said\u00a0the training
\nwould be used to identify and prioritise action for the promotion of women\u2019s leadership,
\neconomic empowerment and political participation in decision making.<\/p>\n
He said the WFD is very much
\ncommitted to deepening democracy in countries with emerging democracies adding
\nthat his outfit has been working closely with the Parliament of Ghana\u00a0to
\npromote democracy and women\u2019s participation in politics.<\/p>\n
The coordinator of the training
\nprogramme, Shanner O\u2019Connell said African countries must emulate the examples
\nof Rwanda and Ethiopia where majority of the people in government and Parliament
\nare women who are exhibiting exemplary leadership.<\/p>\n
She said when women are entrusted
\nwith the management of the nation\u2019s resources they do very well and provide
\nsocio-economic justice to all citizens.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Minister of Gender,
\nChildren and Social Protection, Freda Prempeh who is also the MP for Tano North
\nfor her part said the NPP government is working hard to have the Affirmative
\nBill passed before the 2020 general elections.<\/p>\n
She said if younger women and\u00a0girls
\nwill like to go into politics and take up leadership position then it would be
\na progressive step for women in leadership position to mentor the young ones to
\nbe bold to take up leadership positions.<\/p>\n
By Thomas Fosu Jnr<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Group picture of the participants Selected African women occupying elected positions from 12 African countries are undergoing a two-day training programme in Accra to enable them take up higher political and leadership positions so that there can be fair representation of women in government as well as judicious use of national resources. The two-day training […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":677454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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