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Length: 0:28:40
Uploaded: 26 Jan, 2009

Recording Date: 25 Jan, 2009
Recording Location: Ghana and Vancouver
Logsheet: none
Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
Copyright:
WINGS #40-08 Women and the Ghana Elections by Patience Dapaah & WINGS is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License.

Program Title: WINGS #40-08 Women and the Ghana Elections
Description: Women lost seats in the December election in Ghana but gained stature when a former Supreme Court justice became the first Ghanain woman Speaker of Parliament. They hope to make progress on their goals around economy and peace.

Host(s): Patience Dapaah, Frieda Werden
Featured Speakers/Guests: Mrs. Leticia Osafo-Addo, industrialist and Chief Executive Officer of Processed Foods and Spices Limited, Tema, Ghana; Mrs. Francesca Pobee-Hayford, Director, Department of Women (a department of the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs); Dr. Cherub Antwi-Nsiah, Board Chair, Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF); Right Hon. Justice (Mrs.) Joyce Bamford Addo, Speaker of Parliament; Bernice Sam, National Program Coordinator, Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF Ghana)

Credits: Produced and hosted by Patience Dapaah; series editor, intro, Frieda Werden

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