NEWMONT Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL), operating the Ahafo mine site in the Brong Ahafo Region, has established a gender mainstreaming programme that seeks to encourage women to assume greater responsibility within the mine and amongst the host communities of the company.
Through the programme, female staff at the mine site have out of their own initiative, established a revolving fund to support themselves in business.
A minimum of GH¢100 has so far been disbursed to 10 women.
The Community Development Superintendent of Newmont Ahafo Mine, Mr Joseph Danso disclosed this at a durbar to mark the Tano North District celebration of this year’s International Women’s Day at Yamfo.
The theme for the celebration was: “Men and women united to end violence against women and children”.
“NGGL will through the programme continue to empower and encourage women in our local communities to be a cardinal part of decision-making at all levels, so that we can collectively carry out the much needed socio-economic development of our communities”, Mr Danso stated.
He said under the programme, NGGL had been partnering with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Regional Office of the National Commission on Women and Development (NCWD) in most of their activities.
A Deputy Director at the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Mrs Juliana Amponsah catalogued a number of legislations that had been promulgated to protect women and children.
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