{"id":4745,"date":"2014-03-08T11:43:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T11:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=4745"},"modified":"2014-03-08T11:43:14","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T11:43:14","slug":"first-lady-calls-for-end-to-discrimination-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=4745","title":{"rendered":"First Lady calls for end to discrimination against women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First Lady, Lordina Mahama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First Lady, Lordina Mahama is calling for an immediate end to all forms of economic, cultural and social discrimination against women.<\/p>\n

”The pervasive\u00a0 culture\u00a0 of discrimination\u00a0 and\u00a0 gender-\u00ad\u2010based violence\u00a0 in\u00a0 our societies continue to seriously affect the fundamental rights of women -\u00ad\u2010 rights to life, health, security, mobility, political participation and employment,” she said in a statement to commemorate the International Women’s day.<\/p>\n

She also called for fundamental changes in the attitudes of individuals and the underlying ethos of social institutions between women and men in order to achieve full equality.<\/p>\n

”International Women’s Day provides an opportunity for all of us to reflect on the status of women in our societies, honour the extraordinary women, whose courage and determination have shaped our lives, and re-\u00ad\u2010dedicate ourselves to the on-\u00ad\u2010going struggle to address the challenges facing girls and women everywhere.”<\/p>\n

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Below is the full statement by the First Lady, Lordina Mahama<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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STATEMENT FROM THE FIRST LADY OF GHANA 2014 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN\u2019S DAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

8TH MARCH<\/strong><\/p>\n

I welcome this opportunity to join the world in celebrating the accomplishments of women in nurturing their families, shaping their communities and building nations in different ways around the world.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day commemoration comes just two days after we celebrated the 57th\u00a0Anniversary of Ghana\u2019s Independence. It is a most opportune time to remind all of us that \u2018Equality for Women is Progress for all\u2019. This is the time for action to end all forms of economic, cultural and social discrimination against women.<\/p>\n

The pervasive\u00a0 culture\u00a0 of discrimination\u00a0 and\u00a0 gender-\u00ad\u2010based violence\u00a0 in\u00a0 our societies continue to seriously affect the fundamental rights of women -\u00ad\u2010 rights to life, health, security, mobility, political participation and employment.<\/p>\n

Without fundamental changes in the attitudes of individuals and the underlying ethos of social institutions, our societies cannot achieve full equality between women and men.<\/p>\n

Girl \u00a0education \u00a0is \u00a0critical \u00a0to \u00a0achieving \u00a0gender \u00a0equality \u00a0and \u00a0women\u2019s \u00a0empowerment. Quality basic education can have a transformational effect on girls, making them drivers of lasting change in their families, communities and countries.<\/p>\n

International Women’s Day provides an opportunity for all of us to reflect on the status of women in our societies, honour the extraordinary women, whose courage and determination have shaped our lives, and re-\u00ad\u2010dedicate ourselves to the on-\u00ad\u2010going struggle to address the challenges facing girls and women everywhere.<\/p>\n

I believe that the post-\u00ad\u20102015 development framework can act as a catalyst for progress on gender equality. To be successful however, gender equality must be mainstreamed and addressed in a specific goal.<\/p>\n

Gender equality must be integrated into key areas such as health, education, economic empowerment and political participation.<\/p>\n

We must also directly address the issue of violence against women and girls, which remains one of the biggest barriers to achieving gender equality.<\/p>\n

Through my organisation, the Lordina Foundation, I will continue to champion the cause of women and the girl child, and my broader objective of providing care and support to the vulnerable.<\/p>\n

Over the last one year, I have not only worked to improve on the conditions of orphanages, but also worked with the Ministry of Health to provide our girls with vaccinations against cervical cancer. We have also helped girls and women to receive breast cancer education and screening and with the Ghana AIDS Commission, organised HIV & AIDS advocacy and initiated programmes to eliminate Mother to Child HIV Infection.<\/p>\n

We are making progress and together we can quicken the steps towards success. I commend all women of Ghana who have been part, and continue to be part of the process.<\/p>\n

Ayeekoo!<\/p>\n

H.E. Mrs. Lordina Dramani Mahama First Lady of the Republic of Ghana & National President-\u00ad\u2010 Lordina Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By:Evans Effah\/citifmonlin.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First Lady, Lordina Mahama is calling for an immediate end to all forms of economic, cultural and social discrimination against women. ”The pervasive\u00a0 culture\u00a0 of discrimination\u00a0 and\u00a0 gender-\u00ad\u2010based violence\u00a0 in\u00a0 our societies continue to seriously affect the fundamental rights of women -\u00ad\u2010 rights to life, health, security, mobility, political participation and employment,” she said in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43,38],"class_list":["post-4745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}