The fifth in the Series of Seminars was held on the 14th of November, 2013, at the Fiesta Royale Hotel, North Dzorwulu, Accra. The Seminar was under the Theme; “Gender Parity at all Levels of Education: The Backbone of Gender Equality?” H. E. Mrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur, wife of the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana was the Special Guest of Honour whilst H. E. Jeanette T. Ndhlovu, the South African High Commissioner to Ghana chaired the Opening Ceremony.
Dr. Akua Britwum, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Development Studies, and Head of Department, Gender Centre, University of Cape Coast (UCC), was the Main Speaker.
Other Speakers included: Hon. Adwoa Safo, MP, Dome Kwabenya Constituency, Mrs. Ivy Apea Owusu, CEO, Cirrus Oil Services Ltd, Ms. Latifah Iddrisu, Ghana Youth Porters Association and; Dr. Abdul Rahman Lahmin, UNESCO.
Participants were drawn from among others; the Ministry of Trade and Industries, the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology; the Ministry of Youth and Sports; Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection; the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General’s Department; the Judiciary; the Registrar General’s Department; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD Ghana); the Ghana Bar Association; Financial Institutions; the Department of Social Welfare; Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU); the Electoral Commission (EC); Corporate Institutions; tertiary institutions; Civil Society Organisations; the Agbogbloshie Market; the Media and the legal profession among others.
A Joint Communiqué was issued at the end of the Seminar. By this Communiqué, it was resolved among others that; Ghana’s educational system, laws, policies, pedagogies and practices should be gender-sensitive; steps to counteract gender disparities should maintain continuity across changing governments and regimes especially across Africa and; policies to institutionalise gender equality should be expeditiously formulated and effectively implemented.
