Gender Ministry fetes staff

Daniel Agbenyega / Daily Graphic / Ghana Jan - 21 - 2014 , 05:32 2 minutes read

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, has organised a New Year get-together for staff of the ministry in appreciation of their immense support and hard work in 2013.

The programme brought together staff of the ministry to take stock of its activities during the year under review and to map out strategies for 2014.

It was attended by a deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Mrs Benita Sena Okity-Duah, representatives from the National Chief Imam, heads of departments and units of the ministry and Gifty Afenyi Dadzie, the Prayer Director of the Women’s Aglow Fellowship International.

Achievement

Addressing the gathering, Nana Lithur said her ministry’s expanded mandate came with enormous responsibilities because of its target groups that included men, women, children, persons with disability and the vulnerable in society.

Touching on the ministry’s achievement for last year, she said her ministry developed legislative instruments for the Domestic Violence and the Human Trafficking Acts and finalised a comprehensive child protection policy for Ghana.

She said the ministry also increased the number of households benefiting from the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) from 65,000 to 74,347 in 99 districts in the 10 regions.

She also commended their partners within government, civil society groups, the media and all other stakeholders, including non-governmental organisations, UNICEF, the World Bank, UNAIDS and foreign missions for their immense support to the ministry.

She said this year, the ministry would among other things, facilitate the development of its five-year strategic plan and coordinate the implementation of interventions to prevent and prosecute offenders of gender-based violence, and also rescue, rehabilitate and reintegrate survivors into the society.

The Prayer Director of the Women’s Aglow Fellowship International, Mrs Gifty Afenyi Dadzie, speaking on the theme: “Let Us Raise and Build,” entreated the staff of the ministry and Ghanaians in general to be optimistic of good things to happen, adding that there was something good about to happen in the country.