Central Region assemblies discuss implementation of National Gender Policy
Staff of metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies and the Regional Coordinating Council in the Central Region have called for a revision of the educational curricula to include more gender-related issues.
The staff, who said this after a one-day workshop to discuss the National Gender Policy, said including gender issues in the educational curricula would help correct long-held beliefs and perceptions that restrained, especially females, from exploring and harnessing their optimal potentials.
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They noted that while some efforts had been put into reviewing some of the curricula to reduce gender biases, there were still some subject areas which perpetuated gender disparities.
The workshop, organised by the Central Regional Department of Gender and the Central Regional Coordinating Council, with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) brought together about 70 participants to discuss the National Gender Policy and how to support the successful implementation of the provisions contained in the policy.
Implementation of policy
The Central Regional Director of Gender, Mrs Thywill Eyra Kpe, in her presentation, noted that all institutions had critical roles to play in ensuring the successful implementation of the National Gender Policy.
It was imperative, she stated, that conscious efforts were made to make all understand the provisions of the document.
Mrs Kpe called on the MMDAs and other institutions to work on disaggregating data on gender at the local government level to help pick up the most vulnerable groups for attention in the implementation of socially protective policies.
She further called on the CRCC to monitor the MMDAs and other governmental agencies to ensure institutions gave attention to gender mainstreaming in their development agenda.
Gender equality
She stressed that gender equality and equity concerns were not to start a fight between the sexes but to ensure that both males and females worked for sustainable development.
The Deputy Central Regional Minister, Mr Thomas Agyei Baffoe, stated that gender issues were cross cutting and affected all facets of human endeavour, adding that, “bringing such cross sectoral participants to be schooled on the gender policy was laudable.”
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Mr Baffoe noted that the workshop was important considering the current developmental paradigms that underscored the need to mainstream critical gender-related activities into the development processes at all levels and sectors adding it would also facilitate the processes of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.