BUDGET: Women's Ministry Allocated 6.99 billion Cedis

The Government has allocated 6.99 billion cedis to the Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA) to champion the cause of women and children through the promotion of gender equity and child development.

Minister of Finance, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, said on Friday that this will also help achieve economic, social, cultural health and educational empowerment.
Highlighting on some of MOWA's programmes, Mr Osafo- Maafo said it would establish women and children centres in all the 10 regions at district and village levels at a cost of one billion cedis. He said the ministry would renovate and refurbish the old American Embassy building at the ministries as its new office.

The MOWA will establish Micro Financing Fund with an initial estimated capital of three million dollars, which will be obtained from donor and development partners.