By Jibril Abdul Mumuni
Accra, May 17, GNA – The Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC) has embarked on a targeted advocacy and sensitisation for young girls on the Affirmative Action Act 2024.
The initiative is aimed at ensuring the successful implementation and advocacy of the Affirmative Action Act in underserved communities across the country.
Madam Modupe Anorkplim Nukunu, Executive Director of HRAC, made disclosed this at the Affirmative Action Ambassadors training initiative in Accra.
She said the project would empower girls from remote areas with the knowledge and skills to become leaders and advocates in their communities.
Twenty girls selected from Bueman Senior High School and Tamale Technical Institute, received mentoring, financial literacy training, and practical exposure to media and leadership opportunities.
“We didn’t want the Affirmative Action Act to remain just a document on the shelves. These girls will serve as peer educators and young builders in their communities,” she said.
The Executive Director noted that the girls had undergone financial literacy sessions and media production training to broaden their perspectives on career opportunities.
She said her organisation would monitor the progress of the ambassadors over the next five years as they transitioned into tertiary education and leadership roles.
The monitoring, according to her, aligns with the Act’s goal of ensuring 40 per cent women’s representation in decision-making spaces.
Miss Gale Comfort Denis, a student at Bueman Senior High School, praised HRAC for organising the training, stressing that, “We will ensure that we become effective ambassadors.”
She said the programme would boost her interest in leadership roles, noting that she would contest any leadership position in her community.
Miss Ayisha Alhassan, a student of Tamale Technical Institute, said she was better placed to advocate for affirmative action in her community.
She said there was a significant deficit of women’s participation in leadership roles in her community, thus, her passion to change the trend.
She also noted that the training on financial literacy would enable her to save towards establishing her own business.
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