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We recognised that for women to be really empowered for development, we needed to make them economically active

— Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings

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You will have a miracle on your hands because I know it when we go out and I feel it.

If you put something on your mind and your heart to do and to change something or situation, do not look back, stay focused and move systematically towards your goal.

Culturally, we refer to nature as ‘asase yaa’ and women are held in reverence spiritually and culturally, so why the disconnect in our contemporary society where women are treated like second-class citizens.

It is only through writing that we capture who we are, where we have come from and where we are going and this must be written so generations yet unborn will know who we truly are.

Women's vital role in promoting peace in the family, the country and the world at large is not in question and they must be given the chance to play a critical part in identifying and assessing solutions for the betterment of the country (Ghana).

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

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