The Progressive Organisation for Women’s Advancement (POWA) joins all progressives in Ghana, and the world over, to welcome the historic news of the nomination of Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as a vice-presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
“POWA considers this decision as a tremendous personal achievement and milestone legacy of President John Mahama, as well as a quantum leap for women’s political participation within the NDC – and thus extends its respectful comradeship applause to him and his party,” a statement signed by Victoria Lakshmi Hamah, Executive Director of the organisation, has said.
The organisation has also congratulated Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on her attainment of the high leadership position of great significance and responsibility, and assured her of POWA’s unflinching support towards her mandate.
POWA, however, unequivocally condemned the unfortunate ultra-reactionary narratives that followed the announcement of Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang’s vice-presidential candidature, and recognised them as unjustifiably baseless and reflective of the backwardness associated with the remnants of the outdated views about women in Ghana.
Even more worrying are the attempts by some misguided so-called women’s rights activists to minimise this significant development of affirmative action, which is a revolutionary process that can achieve equity and equality for all genders, classes, and groups in society, the statement said.
POWA noted that the false rhetoric that Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has not directly engaged in women’s rights activism only signifies the lack of an objective understanding of the historical and material positions of women across cultures.
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