Attemps of the Ghanaian Government to Promote Women's Empowerment
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WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY IS DOING TO IMPROVE THE STATUS OF WOMEN?
OVERVIEW
1. Introduction:
* Define gender
* Briefly state problems facing women worldwide
2. Introduce Ghana as a country (cultural background, etc)
* State particular problems affecting women and girls
* Domestic violence
* Equal access to education
* Cultural practices such as trokosi and female genital mutilation
* State government strategies to try and solve the matter
* Introduction of the ministry for women and children’s affairs (MOWAC)
* Minister made cabinet minister
* Since its establishment in January 2001,the ministry has embarked on a number of projects and programs to promote the rights and welfare of Women and Children and to mainstream gender and children’s concerns in all sectors and departments at the national, regional and district levels.(MOWAC website)
* Things the ministry/ has achieved
* Domestic violence act
* National women and gender policy
* Gender affirmative action (university program)
* What it helps to do
* How it improves the status
* Send your girl child to school policy….HALF OF ALL WOMEN ILLITERATE COMPARED TO A THIRD OF MEN
* What it does
* How it improves the status
3. Evaluate/ criticize the strategies
a. Affirmative action
b. School child policy
c. Ministry for children and women’s affairs
4. Give suggestions for new things they could do, or new issues to address, and how they would help the country.
Gender inequality can be described as the unequal treatment of a person based on their gender. Gender is not necessarily only the sex of an individual but more specifically the roles assigned to an individual, adhering to the standards of the particular community in which they may live.
Many of the problems facing...
OVERVIEW
1. Introduction:
* Define gender
* Briefly state problems facing women worldwide
2. Introduce Ghana as a country (cultural background, etc)
* State particular problems affecting women and girls
* Domestic violence
* Equal access to education
* Cultural practices such as trokosi and female genital mutilation
* State government strategies to try and solve the matter
* Introduction of the ministry for women and children’s affairs (MOWAC)
* Minister made cabinet minister
* Since its establishment in January 2001,the ministry has embarked on a number of projects and programs to promote the rights and welfare of Women and Children and to mainstream gender and children’s concerns in all sectors and departments at the national, regional and district levels.(MOWAC website)
* Things the ministry/ has achieved
* Domestic violence act
* National women and gender policy
* Gender affirmative action (university program)
* What it helps to do
* How it improves the status
* Send your girl child to school policy….HALF OF ALL WOMEN ILLITERATE COMPARED TO A THIRD OF MEN
* What it does
* How it improves the status
3. Evaluate/ criticize the strategies
a. Affirmative action
b. School child policy
c. Ministry for children and women’s affairs
4. Give suggestions for new things they could do, or new issues to address, and how they would help the country.
Gender inequality can be described as the unequal treatment of a person based on their gender. Gender is not necessarily only the sex of an individual but more specifically the roles assigned to an individual, adhering to the standards of the particular community in which they may live.
Many of the problems facing...