{"id":254944,"date":"2016-10-05T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=254944"},"modified":"2016-10-05T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T06:00:54","slug":"2016-polls-affirmative-action-bill-dominates-womens-debate-at-knust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/2016-polls-affirmative-action-bill-dominates-womens-debate-at-knust\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 polls: Affirmative Action Bill dominates Women\u2019s debate at KNUST"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mills\/Mahama administration\u2019s failure to pass into law two key bills designed to empower women dominated an all-female political debate held over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Although government has repeatedly said it remained committed to the passage of the Property Rights of Spouses Bill and the Affirmative Action Bill, representatives of the various political leaders said almost eight years in power, betrays such commitment.<\/p>\n

The Property Rights of Spouses Bill is designed to regulate property rights of spouses in accordance with article 22 of the 1992 constitution.<\/p>\n

The article provides that parliament shall enact a legislation to grant spouses access to property acquired jointly and an equitable distribution of such property.<\/p>\n

The Affirmative Action Bill also seeks to rectify discrimination on the basis of sex or gender.<\/p>\n

\"women-po\"<\/p>\n

It provides for a 40 per cent representation and participation of women in governance, public positions of power and decision making.<\/p>\n

The debate, which was organized by the African height foundation<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in collaboration with the debate society and Students\u2019 Representative Council (SRC) of the KNUST, was the third in a row<\/a><\/strong><\/span> sponsored by the open society initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).<\/p>\n

Women political leaders were drawn from the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), and the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP).<\/p>\n

The NPP\u2019s parliamentary candidate for the Evalue Gwira constituency, Catherine Afeku, said the best gift voters can give women is to vote out the ruling NDC.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still have not been able to pass affirmative action in eight years under the NDC. That\u2019s because it is not a priority for this government. When we come to power, in two months, we will make sure affirmative action is a law. Women will be given equal footing in politics, in business, on boards. We are over 50% in this nation and we have a lot of competent women capable of leading.\u201d<\/p>\n

The governing NDC\u2019 Debora Dugbartey was heckled by the audience throughout the debate. But the strong-willed Deborah dusted it off anytime.<\/p>\n

She contended that, the John Dramani Mahama administration was committed to rolling out a progressive approach towards more women inclusion in governance.<\/p>\n

\"women-debate\"<\/p>\n

\u201cMy party is encouraging women, giving them the resources and strengthening them. It\u2019s a progressive policy where in the first term; we are increasing women participation in governance by fifteen per cent and then probably the next two years twenty per cent. It\u2019s a gradual process and not something that can happen at a go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Women\u2019s Organiser of the CPP, Hajia Aisha Futa, however proposed a rather aggressive approach to getting the Affirmative Action Bill passed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIrrespective of the political colouring, we are all women so let\u2019s come out and fight together for our rights. We can come together and say if the Affirmative Action Bill is not passed, women are not going to vote in Ghana again,\u201d Hajia charged.<\/p>\n

The PNC, which was represented by its national women\u2019s organiser, Janet Nabla, gave assurances that her party would pass the two Bills within six months in office.<\/p>\n

She however said the Corporate World must also accept part of the blame for what she described as discriminatory approach towards employment.<\/p>\n

The PPPs National Women\u2019s Coordinator, Mrs. Vivian Kakie Tetteh, drew attention to the number of women with disabilities whose equal rights to governance and employment have been curtailed with little or no focus on them.<\/p>\n

The participants also decried the state of unemployment among the youth.<\/p>\n

However, the NDC\u2019s Deborah disagreed with arguments about mass youth unemployment, saying the Mahama administration has created enough jobs, and that many of those complaining about lack of jobs lack the right qualifications.<\/p>\n

The debaters also discussed the quality of education and the need to pay attention to technical and vocational training.<\/p>\n

Each party promised a better deal for women and the youth when voted or retained in office.
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