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General News of Friday, 30 July 1999

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Ahmadiyya Muslim women end conference

Nkoranza (Brong Ahafo), 30th July 99 ?

The 17th regional annual conference of the Brong Ahafo Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association has ended at Nkoranza.

This year's conference, which attracted about 200 members drawn from seven districts was under the theme "women, peace of the family".

In an address, the regional missionary Maulvi Abdul Karim Khalib urged Muslim women to be very mindful of the up-bringing of their daughters and guide them against immoral practices.

Maulvi Khalib stressed the need for Muslim parents to educate their girls to enhance a better living standards for them in the future and commended them for their efforts at establishing a day-care centre at Techiman.

Nana Yaa Adutwumwaa, queenmother of Nkoranza Traditional area who was the guest speaker, urged the women to accord their husbands the required respect and to use good language when communicating with them.

"Disrespect and indecent language in communicating with our husbands have made many of us to be unsuccessful in our marriages".

Nana Adutwumwaa decried immorality among the youth saying this has contributed to teenage pregnancy and drop-out from school among girls and appealed to leaders of religious organizations to help address the problem.

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