Kumasi, June 16, GNA – Mr. Nii Ankonu Annorbah Sapei the Programmes Director of the Alliance for Reproductive and Health Right (ARHR) has urged Ghanaians to appreciate the beauty of equal representation and the opportunity for both sexes across all spectrums of society. He noted that when society understands the drivers of gender-based issues and sees it as a societal concern rather than a Women’s problem, all will get involved in addressing it issues to the benefits of all in society.
“Gender equality should not be a war between sexes, feminism, or a struggle but, it should be both a right and a precondition of an indicator for good measure”, he added. Mr. Sapei said this at a workshop organized by ARHR and supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Canada for school stakeholders on adolescent reproductive health. Mr. Sapei enumerated some factors militating against gender equality in homes, societies, and nations to include culture, ethnicity, politics, religion, inferiority complex, education, and norms and urged all to help eliminate them.
Miss Doris Ampong, the Programmes Officer of the ARHR also discarded claims that gender roles were natural, inevitable, and not dynamic. She said when gender roles were entrenched, it led to gender inequality, gender-based violence, unequal treatment by the law, differences in access to education, and a host of many others.
She said the world would be a better place if people were respected, given fair treatment, and allowed a level representation in both the social and political arena without gender discrimination.
By: Nana Oye Gyimah
Source: GNA