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According to her, women are better empowered if they are trained to become leaders during their formative years.

Speaking at the first-ever Progressive Organisation for Women’s Advancement (POWA) Forum, she lamented society’s treatment of women in general, pointing out the various stereotypes against women who seek to stand out.

Prof Aryeetey, who also serves as a research and social advocate for gender, further empasised on the need to stop discouraging women from venturing into leadership roles.

In her view, women have failed to aspire for positions because society treats them as always being second-fiddle to men. She explained that what men do and they are praised, women will do same and they will be called arrogant or bossy.

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She, therefore, suggested that women are trained right from infancy, saying learning leadership roles must start from childhood rather than waiting till they grow.

The likes of Rev. Dr Lawrence Tetteh, Nana Oye Lithur, Madam Christine Churcher, Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso and Prof Ellen Bortei-Doku Aryeetey, an Associate Professor - Centre for Social Policy Studies (CSPS) were all present at the forum to discuss the various topics on the floor.

POWA, which was founded in 2011 by Victoria Lakshmi Hamah, seeks to encourage women to take up leadership roles and to make national leaders accountable to their responsibility towards women.