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Golden Line Celebrates Women at Abreshia
Golden Line Ghana Consortium partners including: SIMAVI, Solidaridad, Healthy Entrepreneurs, Hope For Future Generations and Presbyterian Relief Services & Development marked this year’s International Women’s Day with a durbar at Abreshia in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipal of the Western Region.
On behalf of the Ghana GLP Consortium, Mrs Irene Owusu-Poku, National Programme Coordinator highlighted some of the structural, system and social barriers that limits women’s participation in decision making at all levels not forgetting the value additions women bring in society.
She called on Government to pass the affirmative action bill and also allocate at least 30% of mining concessions to women.
The event was preceded by a health screening exercise.
Municipal Chief Executive of Wassa Amenfi East Municipal, Hon. Helena Appiah delivered a speech on the role of Government on the journey to an enabled world.
The GLP is working towards economic empowerment of women living in and around Artisanal and Small – Scale Gold Mines (ASGM) in Ghana.
About 1549 women from HFFG implementing communities including Abreshia have been supported and economically empowered under the initiative.
Chief of Abreshia Nana Frimpong thanked the Golden Line Consortium for empowering the women in his community.
Women beneficiaries under the Golden Line Programme displayed variety of products they have made as a results of the business skills training they received under the project.