Nana Konadu Agyeman leaves for the Hague

Accra (Greater Accra) 8 Feb. '99

The first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has left Accra to address a forum of the United Nations Population Fund in the Hague, Netherlands. A statement issued in Accra yesterday, said the forum will assess the progress and constraints faced by countries in the implementation of the programme of action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development. The one week-forum will also discuss issues on reproductive health, the empowerment of women and the inter-relationship between population and sustainable development. Nana Konadu who is also the President of the 31st December Women's Movement, was accompanied by Mrs Cecelia Johnson, Deputy Minister of Local Government, Mrs Esther Apewokin, Director Policy Studies and Training, National Population Council and Mrs Patience Doamekpor of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities.