Women Urged To Promote Gender Balance At Workplaces

Accra (GAR), July 11, - The Trades Union Congress (TUC) today called on working women to identify strategies which will promote gender balance and equality in the unions, the work-pl The TUC also called on them to make positive cont ributions towards the eradication poverty am ong women. Addressing the first in a series of seminars for women unionists at Mendskrom, Accra, Mrs.Veronica Ayikwei-Kofie, head of the Women's Desk of the TUC said, the labour movement views the tota The one-week seminar is aimed at strengthening the ability of women to assume leadership positions and is under the theme, " Women in Leadership; Prospects and Challenges." She noted that if women refuse to take their rightful place in the development of the country, they would be left behind by their male counterparts. Mrs. Ayikwei-Kofie said women can contribute even better when exposed properly to the missions and objectives of their places of work and the country. Miss Francisca Borkor Bortey, Womens's Organiser for Greater- Accra, Eastern and the Volta regions of the TUC said, if women are empowered for positive change, they would assist the labour-m She said for women to be capable of playing suc h roles there is the need for them to be edu cated " in all areas of national endeavour to equip them with the required skills", adding it woul