Tamale (Northern Region) 22 April

Mr Mohammed Alhassan Adams, Tamale Municipal Chief Executive, has lauded government's efforts at promoting girl-child education to eliminate the high illiteracy rate among women. Coupled with the adult literacy programme, resulting in more women learning to read and write, the objective of raising awareness of women's rights is being achieved, he said.

Mr Adams was opening a three-day workshop on the theme: '' The rights and responsibilities of women in the constitution," organised by the Christian Mothers Association (CMA) of the Catholic Church and sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation of Germany at Tamale on Thursday. Twenty-two women drawn from the two parishes of the Catholic Church in Tamale are attending the three-day workshop which is discussing girl-child education. gender awareness, savings as a component of income generating activity and civic education.

Mr Adams said the Christian Mothers Association and other women's groups have a crucial role to play in promoting women's rights and the moral upliftment of society.