Ghana to host International Catholic Women's Confab

Accra (Greater Accra) 8th July '99

Ghana will host this year's Africa and Madagascar Regional Conference of the World Union of Catholic Women Organisations slated for September 21.

Mrs Helena Arthur, President of the National Conference of Catholic Women (NCCW), who announced this in Accra on Wednesday, said it would be attended by 250 participants from 18 member-countries in the region.

Under the theme: "The empowerment of the African Woman in decision-making process: hope for the third millennium", it will be opened by Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings.

Mrs. Arthur noted that the woman who is empowered becomes an economic asset to herself, her family and her community, adding that the fight for emancipation of women becomes meaningless and theoretical to those who depend on men for everything.

Mrs Arthur blamed the economic dependency and poverty of women on lack of educational preparation to face the challenges of life.

She said the conference is, therefore, geared towards formulating appropriate strategies to prepare African women academically and economically to face the challenges of the third millennium as equal partners in decision-making and development.