Use innate gifts to lure partners – women advised

Mrs Joycleyn Adii, Regional Director, Department of Gender

The Bono Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Joycelyn Adii has urged wom­en to make use of their innate gifts or skills such as respect, pampering and ‘sweet talk’ to lure their part­ners to support them in household chores and other responsibilities.

These, she said, would soften the hearts of their partners to willingly offer them the needed assistance at home

“Most men are willing to help their partners when they are shown respect, and pampered and not made to feel they are obliged to do so,” she said.

Mrs Adii was speaking at a com­munity dialogue on women’s par­ticipation in decision making at the household and community levels at Yawhima, near Sunyani in the Bono Region on Saturday.

The programme, organised by the Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in partnership with the Department of Gender with support from Plan Ghana In­ternational under its WISE Project intended to ensure more women play key roles in the development of communities at the local level

It also sought to deepen the knowledge and understanding of men, and community members on women’s rights and the benefits in supporting women’s economic and social empowerment drives.

About 15 communities with an estimated number of 1,500 men and women in the Sunyani Munici­pality have been targeted to bene­fit from the four-year programme.

Some of the communities are Nkrankrom, Yawhima, Nkrankese, Watchman, and Nwanwasua among others.

The Bono Regional Director of Gender appealed to men to consider the views and opinions of their partners and children in the decision making process to ensure peace and harmony in the home.

This, she said, has the potential to diffuse tension and conflicts arising from women exclusion and building a better society for all.

Nana Abena Saah, the Krontihe­maa of Yawhima commended the organisers of the programme, say­ing it would go a long way to build the community.

She urged women to maintain good personal hygiene at all times to promote their health and look presentable to their husbands.

A 50-year-old farmer, Godwin Odame urged men to be more responsible by working hard to provide the needs of their families and make the home lively at all times.

 From Daniel Dzirasah, Yawhima