Asbjørn Nordam <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
"Friends,
has APRC changed or started a new strategy ? To enroll, engage the
women.?.............."
Mr. Nordam,
This not a new strategy. The APRC has been very clear when it comes to the
empowerment of women. If you would recall, the APRC was the only political
party to field in a female candidate during the last National Assembly
elections. The Jammeh Administration has always placed progress of women as
top priority in its development agenda. The Gambia has made such progress in
the status of women that it was ranked first in the number of women in at
senior governmental decision-making levels, including the Vice President.
(UNICEF's PROGRESS OF NATIONS 1997). The report noted that 19% 0f
ministerial-level post, both elected and appointed, are currently held by
women, compared with only 14% in the US, and 7% World wide.
This is what the APRC Manifesto has to say about women:
The need to unlock the creative potential and tap fully the productive
capacities of women must occupy an exalted position in our development
programme. The economic role of women must be fully recognised and their
participation as equal and indispensable partners in our development efforts
would be accorded due emphasis.
Our policies would be slated to a measurable extend towards empowering women
in the areas of agriculture, business, services, marketing and other
identifiable spheres of female endeavour and assist in improving their
entreneurial skills. No truly national development programme would be
successful without the full participation of women and, in recognition of
this, the APRC would continue the policy of appointing highly qualify and
capable women into positions of authority in public administration.
Women hold the following positions:
1. The Vice President
2. Secretary General
3. Secretary of State for Tourism
4. Secretary of State for Education
5. Accountant General
6. Auditor General
7. Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
8. Permanent Secretary, Department of State for Health
9. Permanent Secretary, Office of The Vice President
10. Chief Executive of the Royal Victoria Hospital
11. Managing Director of the MDI (Management Development Institute)
12. The Director of Press, Office of The President
PEACE
TOMBONG
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