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The women's movement in Ghana has adopted an attitude towards gender mainstreaming that is much aligned with that of the international women's movement, which is best summarized in a 2004 AWID newsletter: "Mainstreaming [should be] highlighted along with the empowerment of women" and "it appears worthwhile to pick up the empowerment of women ...
The Women's Manifesto for Ghana was released at the Accra International Conference Centre on 2 September 2004. The document gained wide publicity despite the government's release of a new gender policy on the previous day. [ 1 ]
During the celebration, the maiden Ghana Women of Excellence Awards was held at the Accra International Conference Centre. The awards day was themed ‘Empowering the Ghanaian Woman for National Development’. 34 Ghanaian women were honoured at the ceremony for their contribution to national development. [4]
The NCGW was established in an effort by Kwame Nkrumah's government to centralize women's groups in Ghana. [2] [3] Nkrumah first proposed merging the Ghana Women's League and the Ghana Federation of Women in August 1959. Hannah Kudjoe and Evelyn Amarteifio, leaders of the League and the Federation respectively, both resisted the proposal ...
Pages in category "History of women in Ghana" ... National Council of Ghana Women This page was last edited on 10 March 2024, at 16:35 (UTC). Text ...
To overcome prejudice in Ghana against locally produced goods, she formed a manufacturers' association and helped organise the first "Made-in-Ghana" goods exhibition in 1958. Encouraged by President Kwame Nkrumah, she was elected as the first President of what became the Federation of Ghana Industries, serving from 1959 to 1961. In 1964 Ocloo ...
History of women in Ghana (8 C, 3 P) M. Women's ministers of Ghana (2 P) O. ... Pages in category "Women in Ghana" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of ...
Whilst as first lady Mahama served as a role model for women in Ghana and worked as an advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness, Breast and Cervical Cancer awareness, orphans and alleged witches. [4] [5] She is currently the President of the Lordina Mahama foundation, a charity whose motto is "The more we share, the more we have".