Ghana will today face a United Nations Panel to answer questions on how it has implemented the conventions demanding an end to discrimination against women.
Every four years, national reports are submitted outlining measures taken to enable how women enjoy their full rights.
Gender Children and Social Protection Minister Nana Oye Lithur explained that Ghana will present its report at the 59th session of the UN committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) which has opened in Geneva, Switzerland with a call on governments to step-up national action to end gender-based discrimination.
It is 25 years since Ghana signed up to the convention for the Elimination of discrimination against women and the UN team is concerned about some acts that continue to undermine the rights of women.
The Gender Minister who will face at least 15 international experts told Joy News,
“They have raised issues about some of our laws and the extent to which it is gender neutral. Another issue they have raised is the existence of witchcraft in the North and how as a government we are addressing those. Maternal mortality, education of girls and gender stereotyping”
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