The government and public society have been urged to assist and encourage girls from secondary to higher education.
At this year's Ghana Women of Excellence Awards event, Prof. Nana-Akyaa Yao of the National Cardiothoracic Centre and the Department of Child Health at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital made the appeal.
The purpose of the Awards Ceremony, which had the subject "Empowering the Ghanaian Women for National Development," was to recognise the accomplishments of Ghanaian women, inspire them to pursue greatness, and establish award recipients as role models for the next generation.
Prof. Nana-Akyaa Yao, the first female paediatric cardiologist, has previously won the Ghana Women of Excellence Award. Adopt an affirmative action law.
She emphasised that women have traditionally been seen to be the weaker sex.
It has been scientifically demonstrated that women are more robust when it comes to lifespan, survivability, and coping with trauma and stress. She called this a misnomer and a distortion of the facts.
She claims that the tragedy is that women have consistently been disadvantaged in terms of opportunity, privilege, and empowerment throughout history, whether on purpose or accidentally.
Noting that this disadvantageous situation did not just affect the Ghanaian women.
She pleaded with the government to hasten the Affirmative Action Bill's passage into law, which calls for 40% participation of women in public office of power, authority, and decision-making as well as national governance.
She emphasised that if the Bill becomes law, the 1992 Ghanaian Constitution's provision for women's empowerment—which commands the State to take suitable measures to create an acceptable gender balance in hiring and appointing to public offices—will have meaning.
Prof. Yao bemoaned the fact that, despite the fact that, for the most part, all of the Governments in Ghana's Fourth Republic have set a target of 30% women inclusion, progress has been comparatively slow.
The event's chairman, Nana Dr. Baa Wiredu, a former consultant for the United Nations World Tourism Organization, praised the award recipients for proving, beyond a shadow of a doubt, their proficiency and refinement in their diverse fields of achievement.
He hoped that their successes would encourage women, particularly the younger generation, to continue their greater heights.
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