First Lady: Help secure welfare of women and children
The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, has called on non-state actors to help secure the welfare of women and children.
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According to her, “state responsibility aside, it is important that non-state parties and even individuals contribute to the advancement of this cause”.
She made the call in a speech read on her behalf by the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, at the opening of Soroptimist International’s 25th General Assembly of African Federation West and Central Africa Zone (WACA) in Accra yesterday.
The general assembly brought together soroptimists from Ghana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali, Nigeria, Guinea Conakry, Togo and Britain.
The Accra conference was organised jointly by the Accra and Kumasi clubs of Soroptimist International on “A Well Woman for a Peaceful and Prosperous World”.
Mrs Mahama said “for some reason, society, influenced by some cultural factors, has succeeded in branding this group as vulnerable when, in fact, it is a strong pillar for sustained national development and peace”.
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The President of Soroptimist International, West and Central Africa Region, Madam Suzanne Loko, said the association would strive at working towards improving the status of women, human rights, education of the girl child, culture, health, environment, economic and social development, poverty alleviation and assistance to the needy and the vulnerable population.
For her part, the President of Soroptimist International, Accra, Ms Effie Simpson-Ekuban, said the association would continue to work towards impacting the lives of the vulnerable in society to ensure that they felt a part of the bigger society.
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