WOMEN ADVISED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR POPULATION TO VOTE FOR MORE FEMALES IN PARLIAMENT

The Eastern Regional Manager of Plan International Ghana a Non- Governmental Organization (NGO), Mr. Kofi Debrah has advised women to take advantage of their population and vote massively for their fellow women who would offer themselves for a political contest.

That, he said would help bridge the gender inequality gab between the men and women in the country’s democratic dispensation.

Mr. Kofi Debra made this statement to commemorate this year’s International Day of Girl Child as well as the launch of Plan Ghana’s “Because I Am A Girl” (BIAAG) campaign on the theme “the unfinished business of girls right” at Asesewa in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region.

Some selected schools from primary, basic and senior high schools were engaged in football games, sack race, lime and spoon, as well as debate to mark the week long celebration.

Addressing the durbar, Mr. Debra noted that the BIAAG campaign was world-wide initiative aimed to eliminate gender inequality and upholding the girls right.

He indicated that Plan Ghana has over the years collaborated with the Ghana Education Service to improve the girls’ assertiveness and self confidence as well as boost their frame of reference in life.

He therefore appealed to the government to put in an affirmative action of quota system of equal admission for male and females at the government universities which will impact positively in their participation in decision making.

For the Upper Manya Krobo District Director of Education, Ms. Esther Ama Bossman encouraged the young girls in school to take their education very serious in other to be able to compete their male counterparts in future.

She also advise parent to give equal attention to their female wards education by providing materials require to enhance their academic performance.