Feminism "in a chair" does not succeed – Ursula Owusu-Ekuful

General News on Friday, June 7, 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2019-06-07

Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has launched an attack on women's rights defenders and feminists, who recently criticized the president for his comments on the dynamism and empowerment of women at the conference Women Deliver who just finished in Vancouver (Canada).

According to her, most women activists and feminists criticize social media only when things go wrong, but they never "get into trouble" to make the changes they want.

"As for" chair "feminism, it does not change anything, it can give rise to beautiful sound things, but after the next elections, if we are not careful, we will always be around 13-15% ( women in parliament) and what would we have achieved? Nothing. It's not the noise that will bring about change, we did everything, we did the advocacy, but we realized that it was not We need to work alongside our male colleagues to encourage more women … "

"… Women activists do not support women in politics, they only criticize when things go wrong," said Owusu-Ekuful.

According to her, the president in his argument has only sought to launch an appeal for "advocacy for dead women" in the country.

In defense of the President, Ms. Ekuful said, among other things, that without a critical mbad of women in decision-making, we would not be able to make effective changes. "Ghanaian women should compete for political positions and should encourage each other. It's not just talking, it's a necessary action. "

President Akufo-Addo at the Women Deliver conference said that; "We do not see enough dynamism and activism on the part of those who seek. I speak of dynamism where it counts … electing members of Parliament, controlling political parties, because it is they who allow our societies to make decisions.

"We are talking about decisions, not wishes and hopes, we are talking about decisions that will make a difference," added the president.

The president who was named as the champion of gender in Africa was then vilified by feminist activists and feminists in the country.

However, the Minister of Communications urged Ghanaians, particularly women's rights advocates and feminists, to be rather grateful to the President for his courage in making such bold statements about the dynamism and the freedom of movement. empowerment of women.