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The Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has expressed concern with the contributions of women or mothers in Ghana\u2019s National Pledge.<\/p>\n
Adwoa Safo contends that the inclusion of the clause \u201cthrough the toils of our fathers\u201d in the National Pledge without mentioning mothers underplays the role women played in Ghana\u2019s independence struggle.<\/p>\n
She describes the omission as gender-insensitive and charged Parliament and the relevant stakeholders to take a look at it and make the necessary amendments if needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe National Pledge talks about \u2018through the blood and toils of our fathers\u2019 and omits mothers, but the mothers also toiled for this country, and I think it is gender-insensitive. Even when we are making a reference to the country, we call it our motherland, but when it comes to the National Pledge, and we are referring to the struggles and toils, we omit our mothers, and I want to draw your attention to it so we look at it as a country so that we become more gender-sensitive when it comes to our National Pledge.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Dome-Kwabenya lawmaker raised the concern on the back of the implementation of a new provision that requires parliamentarians to recite the National Pledge before each session commences.<\/p>\n
The implementation of the new standing orders on February 6 also requires heads of state of institutions to directly appear before Parliament to address queries related to their agencies.<\/p>\n
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