International Women’s Day: NDC’s Parliamentary Candidate Empowers Female Students in Inchaban District

Over 200 female students within the Inchaban District of the Shama constituency in the Western region have benefited from the NDC’s parliamentary candidate’s philanthropic gesture aimed at empowering women and girls.

This was in commemoration of this year’s International Women’s Day, which was themed, “Invest in women: Accelerate progress.”

As part of the commemoration, the pupils were encouraged to take their studies seriously and to aspire to be great leaders in their society, as well as to impact change.

Each student was given a sanitary towel. This gesture comes in the wake of a growing difficulty encountered by female pupils in the area who find it difficult to assess sanitary products.

Madam Emelia Arthur mentioned that it is her vision to see more young girls rise to the top of the educational ladder.

According to her, the education system is facing some challenges and would need some reforms, especially with the implementation of the free senior high school policy.

“We came here as part of International Women’s Day to inspire some selected young girls in the Inchaban Methodist circuit. This is because some things hinder the progress of young girls in contributing to national development. The other reason is to give them sanitary towels to help them maintain proper menstrual hygiene.

I aim to see lots of bright stars in the district, and I want to help young girls become bright shining stars in the different corners they find themselves.”

Amongst some of the things she touched on as being a hindrance to Ghana’s education system, she said, economic hardship contributes to the low responsibility of parents towards their wards’ education.

“The poor state of the economy is affecting parents ability to give their children the best education. They cannot pay for the exam fees. Parents can hardly afford school bags, footwear, and other essential stuff for their wards.

Everybody knows that the free SHS could have been done differently. In fact, it had some terrible effects on girls. The tracking system, I don’t think, in the long run, this free SHS policy and the way it was rushed and managed have been beneficial to girls.

The exercise was organized in collaboration with Lydia Double Save The Girls Project.

Francisca Cann, the Girl Child Coordinator at the Shama District, said, there have been programs rolled out to inspire female students to curb teenage pregnancy in the area.

She expressed hope that the program would help the female students remain focused on their education.