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Mr. E.A.Asamoah, the National Administrator of Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) has urged the Women Wing of the Association to adopt good time management and avoid procrastination. Mr. Asamoah said this when gave a lecture during a leadership skills and empowerment training workshop organized by the Association for its women wing. Mr. Asamoah defined a good leader as someone who guides or inspires others to attainment of a set goal. “A leader must bring better change, be ready to listen, a spokesperson that defend and protect the interest of the group and does not exploit”. Good management practices also include punctuality to responsibility and peaceful settling of conflicts, he added.
He stressed that efforts being made by GNAD to build the Association’s Capacity. This he said is seen in the inclusion of GNAD in the Danish Deaf Association (DDF) four year partnerships Project, and hope with the support, the Association can continue with its development activities. Mr. Asamoah however lamented on the poor state of the Women’s Wing Association and used the occasion to encourage the Wing to come out with concrete solutions to it many challenges. He charged the participants not keep knowledge gained at the workshop to them but rather pass them on to their members.
The Self Empowerment workshop took place at the premises of Head Office of GNAD on 15th August 2009. It was facilitated by Ms Lydia Acquah – Secretary and Ms Monica Dowuta- Treasurer of the National Executive of the Wing. In her presentation, the Secretary of the Wing noted that Self Empowerment is a process of increasing one’s own spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals. “It often involves the developing of confidence in one’s own capacity” she added.
The Treasurer of the Wing reiterated the need for the women to empower themselves since they often face discrimination and excluded from decision making processes. Among several others, the following factors were identified as some of the factors impeding the progress of women; lack of political willingness on the part of the state to mainstream gender into national development programs, the inability to be assertive in decision making, and inferiority complex among women.
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