Elizabeth Agyemang with Lady Julia Fan, a Knowledge and Innovative Programme Officer at Women Strong International
A non-governmental organisation (NGO) – Women’s Health to Wealth (WHW) – has revealed that the appropriate handling of sexual drive, urge, feelings and any sexual behaviour by women towards the opposite sex remains a challenge.
The Executive Director of WHW, Abena Akuamoa-Boateng, said some women do not know how to be in control of their sexual lives in the midst of both asexually and sexually polluted society.
She has therefore called for support for young girls to learn more about their sexuality in a way that can be rightly expressed for its design and purpose.
Speaking at a book launch in Kumasi, Madam Abena Akuamoa-Boateng stated that acquisition of life skills that would help young women and girls to navigate the sexually polluted society remains important.
According to her, the book titled: “Strong Girls Make Strong Women,” is a practical handbook intended to guide young women into adulthood. She added that the book would also educate girls on how to make money for themselves.
She revealed that the book did not contain only what was filed in Ghana, but other countries such as Haiti, India and Kenya.
It is to galvanise women to correct society’s lopsided sexuality and help the nation make a turn-around, the women’s rights advocate noted and added that the 264-page book ought to be a companion for young girls.
The Ashanti Regional Deputy Minister, Elizabeth Agyemang, who launched the book, expressed her pleasure for the book. She stated that the book represented a resource manual for knowledge and life skills acquisition for the girl-child.
She praised the NGO for taking interest in issues affecting young women and girls and asserted that more women would be empowered by the book.
Dr. Susan M. Blaustein, Executive Director of Strong Women Foundation, who reviewed the book, called on the district assemblies to help the nation achieve the health, education, gender and sanitation goals of the Sustainable Development Goals.
From Ernest Kofi Adu, Kumasi