The Methodist Church Ghana, beneathneath the Gender and Family Life Directorate, reviewed International Widows' Day on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at the Calvary Methodist Church, Adabraka, Accra.
Widows' Day have become separated with the resource of the usage of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 2010 to make interest of the infringement of now no longer unusualplace open doors that widows revel in different nations. The day other than incorporates the need for brought appraisal and assessments into seriousness, detachment, and urgency persevered with the resource of the use of widows and to develop frameworks and tasks to treatment the difficulty. The cutting edge year's occasion have become with respect to the matter: "Adequate Solutions for Widows' Financial Independence."
Around One Hundred and Fifty-Six (156) women and almost 24 (24) men assembled for the festival at the Calvary Methodist Church, Adabraka. The public expert for the event have become Mr. Jacob Osei Yeboah - 2012 and 2016 Independent Presidential Candidate. He lauded the collection for arranging out the occasion and encouraged the get-together to finish extraordinary subjects to gather dinner for the quandary situation of the widows.
The General Director for the Social Services General Directorate of The Methodist Church Ghana, Dr. Ken Dadzie Sagoe, passed on an order for the increment of the Presiding Bishop of the get-together, ensuring the party of the relentless help of the collection to widows and the restricted withinside the in the current style open.
There have transformed into a board correspondence settling the hardships of widows. The board included Very Rev. Dr. Christina Dzakpasu (Cape Coast West Circuit), Lawyer Ebenezer A. Kwaitoo (Solicitor and Notary Public), Nana Ama Gyanbeah II (Queen Mother of Pokuase) and Naa Korkor Adjouhli (Queen Mother of Adabraka) - keeping an eye on customary rulers. There have become similarly a widow and a jerk on the board. They shared the starter they expected to the extent that concerns me go through at the loss of their better 1/2 of and father. The jerk wound up sharing tears as she portrayed the terrible treatment she and her family proceeded due to her dad's own unique family members, to the degree that they were dashed away from their home.
Over the deferred take, she passed on school to deal with her extra more youthful family. Sharing her revel in, the widow on the stop of her better 1/2 of, she said in any case, at the same time as his very own family have become clearly careful that her gigantic one of a kind have become engaging sickness, she have become as at any rate faulted for his passing.
The Traditional Leaders presented to the party why widowhood customs are performed. Despite remarkable subjects they said is that it have become basically to guarantee that there was genuine partition a portion of the living and the vain mate. In any case, they dashed to reserve that particular individuals misuse the arrangement and that should be checked.
On her part, Very Rev Dr. Christina Dzakpasu asked the gathering to save pushing for widows and closing with them in all times. She further censured women to be strong in such events and spotlight on God for help and as of now as of now not the difficulty they go through. She higher themselves and compelling artwork to help themselves and the own unique family and by and by now at absolutely no point in the future truly depend on their mates.
Real aide Ebenezer A. Kwaitoo gave the party to the specific blueprints in Ghana's constitution and requested that they look for evaluate for the maltreatments assigned to widows and their adolescents. He implied from the Wills Act, 1997 (Act 360), Intestate Succession Act, 1985 (PNDCL 111), and Domestic Violence Act, 2007 (Act 732). He conveyed that there are an adequate combination of blueprints in our constitution to control abuses. He assigned on that widows should be admonished on their distinctions and as of now presently at absolutely no point in the future permit everyone to abuse them out of carelessness.
The Director of Gender and Family Life Directorate, Very Rev. Solace Ruth Quartey-Papafio, certain the social affair that the get-together will stay aware of to prepare and provoke for widows and also supply them employable abilties for their financial authenticity. She brought that International Widows' Day may be connected with the resource of the usage of all Dioceses in some obscure time available for the Connection.
Keeping an eye on the Gender Department of the Ministry for Women, Children and Social Protection have become Madam Kate Anku. She recognized The Methodist Church Ghana for reviewing International Widows' Day. She swore the help of her Ministry in coming about sports of the array which contain women and youngsters.