General News of Monday, 17 May 1999

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Enforce laws on women and children rights - Movement

Anwiafutu (Ashanti) 17th May ?99 ?

The Atwima District branch of the 31st December Women's Movement has called on the Law enforcement agencies and the Judiciary to strictly enforce laws enacted to protect the rights of women and children.

It is only through this that the laws would be respected, a communique issued during the 17th

anniversary celebration of the movement at Anwiafutu, a farming community in the district, said.

Signed jointly by Ms Margaret Oduro, District Chairperson and Madam Grace Danso, Executive Member, the communique pledged the total support of women in the area to Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, First Lady and President of the Movement.

It expressed the readiness of the branch to work towards the success of policies and programmes initiated by the leadership of the movement.

The women congratulated the government for its bold and pragmatic policies aimed at empowering women and expressed optimism that the people of Ghana would massively vote to retain the NDC to carry through its vision for the nation in the year 2000 general elections.