Girls Education and Elimination of Child Marriage Top on my Priority List - First Lady Rebecca Akufo Addo
First Lady of the Republic, Rebecca Akufo Addo has disclosed that
the elimination of child marriages in Ghana and the retention of girls
in school is top on her priority list.
Delivering her welcome
address at an event held at the forecourt of her office at Ridge to mark
International Women's Day under the theme "Press for Progress", Mrs.
Rebecca Akufo Addo said the inability of
the country to retain her girls in school directly impacts on the high
levels of child marriages and teenage pregnancies the nation is saddled
with. She emphasized that the current policy of free education in Ghana
from nursery to Senior High School (SHS) Will be meaningless if the
country cannot get it's young ladies to take advantage of it.
In Attendance
This year's forum to mark International Women's Day had the Second Lady, Samira Bawumia; former first ladies, Fulera Limann and Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, as well as former Second Lady, Hajia Alima Mahama. Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei was also in attendance. Female Justices of the *Superior Courts of Judicature*, Queen mothers, female members of the Diplomatic Corps in Ghana, market women, and female industry players also participated in the event.
Panel Discussion
A panel for analysis was moderated by former media icon and current head of Personal Banking at Access Bank, Matilda Asante. The form of the panel discussion centred on the policy guidelines that can be introduced to help deal with the issues of child marriages and retention of the girl child in school.
This year's forum to mark International Women's Day had the Second Lady, Samira Bawumia; former first ladies, Fulera Limann and Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, as well as former Second Lady, Hajia Alima Mahama. Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei was also in attendance. Female Justices of the *Superior Courts of Judicature*, Queen mothers, female members of the Diplomatic Corps in Ghana, market women, and female industry players also participated in the event.
Panel Discussion
A panel for analysis was moderated by former media icon and current head of Personal Banking at Access Bank, Matilda Asante. The form of the panel discussion centred on the policy guidelines that can be introduced to help deal with the issues of child marriages and retention of the girl child in school.
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