The summit brought together women, stakeholders, and patrons from the media and communication industry to address the issue of gender inequality in the media landscape.

A set of two different panels took their turns to discuss the state of women journalists in Ghana and their role in advancing the country’s socio-economic agenda in line with the theme “Shaping our Future: Women in Media Ghana – a Conversation among Stakeholders”.

Speakers present for the event included Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, Dr. Sarah Akrofi-Quarcoo, Nana Yaa Ofori-Atta, Edith Dankwah, Nhyira Addo and Nana Aba Anamoah.

AWMA Founder and Convener, Shamima Muslim Alhassan, was optimistic that the rollout of the program every year will align it with the international women’s day to bridge the gender parity gap in the industry and empower more women.

“We are hoping that it will become an annual affair in March, to hold a conversation on a relevant theme of the day, and we thought that since it’s our maiden event we should have a conversation, first of all, to find out, where have women in media and Ghana come from, what is the story, who are the trailblazers, who are those setting the pace, and whose shoulders are those we stand today as women in media,” she told Citi News.

“People will be directed to places where they can find support and help to learn if only they are willing because they have to be willing to be able to take advantage of the opportunities that are around them. A lot of women don’t negotiate for their salaries, and it’s also because they don’t know what value they bring to the table, so we need to understand how the media industry works, we need to understand what we are bringing to the table, because we are putting in a lot of hours sometimes to the detriment of our relationship, and we cannot lose sight of that.”

She also said their advocacy was “not a battle of the sexes.”

“It is women in media saying that we are part of the media and we will always e in the media, how do we work to ensure that we build our capacity to contribute value to our employers, to our workplaces, and how do we also work to set the sight a bit higher, for women to aspire not only to become employees but to also get to become employers.”

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By: Ann-Shirley Ziwu/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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To this end, Akufo-Addo said his government is putting in place policies that will ensure the girl child in Ghana is encouraged to reach her full potential, for Ghana to possibly produce a woman president for the country.

[contextly_sidebar id=”Z0eDsGvMBOxAc2Eb65SAjblC8SR860Gj”]The president also cited the implementation of the free Senior High School policy, as one that will go a long way to keep the girl child in school.

Speaking at a UNESCO Global Concert in New York, the president added that, because women account for 51 percent of the population of Ghana and in most countries “empowering them is critical to speeding up Africa’s progress.”

“So as president of Ghana, as co-chair of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and as AU gender champion, I am committed to putting in place policies and programmes aimed at improving the development of the girl child in Ghana. I’m equally committed to ensuring access to a minimum of senior high school education for the girl child in Ghana; a policy that has already began to work.”

“I’m also committed to mobilizing support towards ending child marriage in Ghana and the whole of the African continent. Together we can achieve gender equality, empower the women and girls and achieve the global means of the sustainable development goals. And one day we are going to have a female president of Ghana,” he added.

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By: Sammi Wiafe/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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