Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has called on the various stakeholders to consider mainstreaming gender in the grant of mining leases and concessions under a decentralised scheme, to make it easy to process and obtain a mining lease within a short time.<\/p>\n
He said the Sustainable Development Goals recognise women\u2019s land rights as an explicit, crosscutting catalyst for ending poverty, reaching food security and improved nutrition.<\/p>\n
He noted that the treaty and other\u00a0conventions have been ratified by many countries and integrated into Ghana\u2019s domestic laws.<\/p>\n
He stressed that mainstreaming gender is a prerequisite in land restoration.<\/p>\n
The Regional Minister was speaking at a round table discussion on gender issues in post mining land restoration.<\/p>\n
It was to provide the platform for knowledge and experience sharing, networking, and the adoption of best practices to improve the traditional ways of handling gender issues in post-mining land restoration.<\/p>\n
He noted that the Western Region is one of the areas in Ghana with rich mineral resources where mining has been a major occupation for multinationals and artisanal miners for decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore we, as stakeholders in the mining and land restoration space, must engage in a dialogue to evaluate the situation and propose best practices for policy considerations,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
He said usually, the focus is on mining companies that plan and execute a mining concession. \u201cHowever, also disturbing is the issue of small-scale unregistered operators often referred to as \u2018galamsey operators\u2019. These actors are not well-regulated, and may not engage in mine planning and closure, hence may not commence any land restoration efforts at all,\u201d he indicated.<\/p>\n
The Regional Minister therefore stressed the need for modalities to restore vast degraded forest lands by illegal miners, to help combat the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to task the management of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to design tailor-made projects and programmes through research and policy proposals to restore degraded lands in the Western Region,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
He mentioned some of the approaches to gender mainstreaming as supporting gender-responsive policies, laws, regulations, and interventions that protect and enhance women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n
The minister was convinced that policy proposals that would be issued at the end of the programme will reflect the needs and aspirations of the inhabitants in the mining communities, particularly, women.<\/p>\n
From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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