Women groups encouraged to take up leadership positions

A lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Dr Isaac Owusu-Mensah, has challenged women groups to encourage their members to take up leadership positions, especially in national politics.
That, he said, could be the surest way to increase women representation in Parliament and in other decision making bodies.

Dr Owusu-Mensah was speaking on behalf of the Country Representative of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Dr Gregor Ryssel, at the 9th triennial delegates conference of the Christian Mothers Association of Ghana in Kumasi.
He said in a country where women were more than men, there was the need for the women to be at the forefront of the nation’s leadership and politics since their involvement in national politics was very crucial for the nation’s development.

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KAS, a German political foundation that promotes worldwide democracy, rule of law, human rights, and social market economy, has been a partner of the Christian Mothers Association since the 1960s.
The four-day conference which had the theme “You too go into my vineyard” brought together delegates from various dioceses of the Catholic Church.

Dr Owusu-Mensah challenged women to rise and take up the mantle and go into politics
The Bishop of the Kumasi Archdiocese of the Catholic Church, Most Rev. Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, in a keynote address, commended the women for their role and support towards evangelisation and development of the Catholic Church in the country.
He urged the women to avoid any act of discrimination against one another and unite, work as a team to promote the teaching of Jesus Christ and issues in relation to their development and the nation as a whole.
Most Rev. Anokye called on them to network well with people who could influence their them to do the right things in the name of the Lord.