Thursday, May 6, 2010

EMPOWER WOMEN TO GET INVOLVED IN ASSEMBLY POLLS (PAGE 14, MAY 6, 2010)

The Brong Ahafo Regional Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nana Adwoa Takyiwaa, has called on the various women wing organisers of the party to embark on an education drive, aimed at empowering more women to get actively involved in the forthcoming district assembly elections.
She said this would also enable many more women to offer themselves to be elected as members of the assembly, as well as participate meaningfully in the decision-making process at the local level.
She added that no development could take place without the active involvement of women, who she noted, formed about 51 per cent of the population.
Nana Takyiwaa made the call when she addressed separate political fora with NDC women organisers at Fententaa, Dormaa Ahenkro and Drobo, as part of her familiarisation tour of the region to explain the policies and programmes of the government in respect of women.

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