Accra, Feb 8, - President Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the success or otherwise of the nation, will be
measured by how well women are doing in the country since they constitute the
majority of the population.
He has therefore reiterated his
commitment towards the promotion of the advancement of women, saying, the
Affirmative Action Bill would definitely be sent to Parliament to be passed
into law during the current session.
Addressing Parliament in his
State of the Nation Address on Thursday, President Akufo-Addo said in spite of
the fact of his promise last year that the that bill would be passed, it did
not happen, yet he was still committed to the advancement of women.
He said: “I have thrown my full
weight behind the He for She campaign, and the Gender and Development
Initiative for Africa (GADIA), an initiative stemming from my position as the
African Union’s Gender Champion.
“I urge all Ghanaian males to
join together in giving Ghanaian females the dignity they deserve”.
The He for She campaign is a
global movement fighting for gender equality and women’s empowerment.
By supporting that campaign, the
President indicated his commitment to supporting policies that empowered women
and girls, and to working with all actors to ensure gender equality became a
reality in Ghana and across the continent.
President Nana Akufo-Addo also
noted that it was important to recognise that gender equality and, for that
matter, women’s equality with men was a pre-requisite for development, adding
that doing away with women in national development was a great dis-service.
He entreated both male and female, to support
the implementation of the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals,
which had been incorporated into government’s Coordinated Programme of Economic
and Social Development Policies, that was laid before Parliament in November,
2017, and the execution of which would ensure that no Ghanaian was left behind.
GNA
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