By Iddi Yire, GNA
Accra, March 07, GNA – Dr Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, Founder/President of 31st December Movement has on International Women’s Day congratulated all women across the globe especially Ghanaian women on this International Women’s Day March 8th, 2025.
In a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, Dr Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings said: “Today, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and achievements of women everywhere. You are powerful. You are capable. You are unstoppable.”
She said this year’s campaign theme for the celebration, dubbed “Accelerate Action for Gender Equality”, was timely and important.
She said it was worth noting that the United Nations Global Gender Gap Report and the World Economic Forum stated in their 2024 report that at the rate the world was currently going, they would achieve gender equality in the year 2158, which was 133 years from now.
She said, it meant that women’s progress and development will take until 2158, which was roughly five generations from now to reach full gender parity.
Dr Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings said women had made significant progress, but it had been at a steady pace.
She said DWM believed the passage of the Affirmative Action Act 2024, and strategic interventions of various stakeholders, our progress would be hastened.
She said the Act, which aims to promote gender equality, and women empowerment, by addressing the systemic barriers that had hindered women in our Ghanaian society, would catapult women’s development.
She said DWM urged individuals, organisations, and all women, with this year’s theme, to take concrete steps in their daily lives, to positively influence women’s advancement.
She said DWM encouraged all to call out stereotypes, challenge discrimination, question bias, as part of accelerating action towards equity and equality.
Dr Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings said the DWM stands in solidarity with all groups, large-scale bodies, and philanthropic entities working tirelessly to support and advance women and girls.
She said they celebrated impactful individuals and organisations across the globe to deliver many effective strategies, provide resources and activities that continue to help accelerate action towards gender equity in many areas.
She said the DWM would continue to advocate women’s development, to see a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination, to a world that was diverse, equitable and inclusive.
“Let us all add our voices, as part of a global collective effort towards achieving gender parity.”
“Let us continue to uplift each other, break barriers, and create a world where every woman and girl can thrive. Whether in leadership, education, business, or the home, your voice matters, and your dreams are valid,” Dr Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings said.
“Here is to strong women, may we know them, may we be them, and May we raise them.”
GNA