Bexley women press for progress on International Women’s Day

Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day 2018 and InvestorPlace is celebrating.

The Centre, therefore, recommended that government applies the appropriate policies and measures to accelerate the realization of gender equality in Ghana.

International Women’s Day is observed in different nations all over the world.

Meanwhile the Centre for Democratic Congress (CDD), in a statement marking International Women’s Day, has commended various stakeholders for their immeasurable contribution towards the fight for women’s rights, justice, and equality.

IWD has developed into a formally recognised day by the United Nations and is today celebrated around the world.

While British Airways might have gone for the big prize with the biggest all-female flight, a few other airlines have gotten in the general spirit of International Women’s Day by operating all-female flight crews in honor of the day.

“To help do this, we have introduced a number of initiatives, such as the Women Leading in Education programme, and in December 2017 we announced an £1.8 million fund to help schools increase the diversity of their senior teams”.

This year it was celebrated against the backdrop of loud and impactful conversations on how to bridge the gender gap on income and ending sexual harassment.

However, it is critical to highlight the fact that women’s rights need to be brought to the fore as beneficial to the community as a whole. We are however anxious that despite all our efforts to reach out to community, incidences of gender based violence, domestic violence, sexual harassment and abuse of women and girls remain high in the province.

“We commend the women who spoke out in the International Criminal Court where their testimonies have held to account those who used rape as a weapon of war”, Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka asserted.

In 1908, 15,000 women took to the streets of New York City to march for voting rights, shorter hours and decent pay.

Granted. There are programmes both by government and private sector to empower women and deal with the challenges such as maternal mortality, early marriages, unemployment rates, land ownership, inclusion, property ownership, and security, among other rights. The International Interior Design Association (IIDA)’s 2016 survey reported that 69 percent of design practitioners are women (out of 87,000), but only 25 percent of those women are firm principals. “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals means progress for all women, everywhere”, he stressed. She applauded NSE for investing and advocating for women’s empowerment in the work place, market place and community, moments before she sounded the NSE Closing Gong.