By Samira Larbie, GNA
Accra, March 27, GNA - The Women in Law and Development Africa (WiLDAF-Ghana), has called on government to ensure the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill.
It said the passage would be in accordance with the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) declarations which Ghana ratified in 1989.
The WiLDAF said this was necessary because Ghana was signatory to the CEDAW declarations, which established the foundation to enable civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations to work around women related issues.
Mr Frank Bodza, the Programme Manager, Governance WiLDAF who spoke at a dissemination seminar in Accra on the need to review gender equality and women’s empowerment laws and policies in the country, said there were a number of polices pertaining to women that needed to be looked at critically.
He said Ghana had delayed in the passing of the Bill that would give women their fair share in the society.
The CEDAW Convention was the culmination of more than 30 years of work by the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, a body established in 1946 to monitor the situation of women and to promote their rights.
The UN Commission's work has been instrumental in bringing to light all the areas in which women are denied equality with men.
Mr Bodza said the passage of the Bill would give practical implementation to ensure elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.
He noted that Ghana had done well to reduce poverty, hunger, as well as the rate of maternal mortality but there was limit to the implementation of the CEDAW because discrimination still persists in the country.
He also advocated the passage of the Property Right Bill, to operationalise the CAP 129 for the benefit of women whilst urging for the improvement of skills and training to empower women and end stigmatisation.
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