Former Deputy Minister for Finance, Abena Osei-Asare says its time to have a woman head the Finance Ministry in the Ghana noting that women have proven that they can handle positions that have been assumed to be for men.
Marking her point on the floor of parliament to mark the International Womens Day, the Atiwa East MP cited the female Chief Justices and now a first female Vice President in Ghana as example.
“For now, we have the first woman Vice President, we’ve also had Chief Justices who are women. I think what is missing is a finance minister who is a woman, and I know that very soon Ghana will be having a finance minister who is a woman,” she noted.
“Women do a lot; we hold the economy in the home, we do a lot for our nation, all we are asking for is recognition, all we are asking for Mr Speaker is recognition because we do a lot.
“We are not asking for handouts, and we are not asking for special privileges but we’re asking that you recognize the role we play,” she said.
She stressed on the economic role women play for Mother Ghana wherever they find themselves among championing peace at all time.
“We are the peace makers, and we can make the difference as well. In every home, it is the woman who brings about peace in every role “be it at work, be it in the home, wherever we find ourselves.”
Hon Abene Osei Asare said women occupy more than 50 percent of the world’s population “yet when it comes to issues of women, you have more of the men being those who for one way or the other are being ask to speak on issues concerning women.”
The former minister maintain that the quest is not to rub shoulders with men, but women be recognized and complimented
“Mr Speaker, what we are asking for is not about being at par with you but recognizing our role and share compliments,” she stressed.