Ambassador Cooper-Zubida explaining a point at the forum
ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to Ghana, Shani Cooper-Zubida, has pledged her government’s full support for young women professionals in Ghana’s International Relations ecosystem, to enable them achieve their full potential.
She said this during a fireside chat series organised by the Institute of International Affairs Ghana (GhIIA.org) in Accra.
She affirmed her country’s commitment to helping developing countries like Ghana achieve their potential through investments in their human resources, to enable them function fully within the comity of nations.
“Each epoch of humanity brings its own challenges. In a world getting increasingly interconnected by globalisation, it’s important for each nation to develop a critical human resource that would enable her to function within this emerging global framework of addressing world problems,” she noted.
She further bemoaned the gender gap in international relations human resource, stressing the necessity for harnessing such critical segment of national resources for development.
“International relations is a vast field of endeavour which needs a vast pool of resources. Every nation needs to invest her best resources in this endeavour. Leaving out women, who constitute the vast majority of human resources, is not an option,” she stressed.
She, therefore, pledged her mentorship and other forms of support, to the development of the international relations potentials of young Ghanaian women.
“Ghana is already making strides in empowering women in the field of international relations. This should inspire the younger generation to yearn for more,” she stated.
She noted that that the setting of realistic goals and utilising role models were crucial in developing the talents of Ghanaian women in international relations.
“My institution would explore ways to support this quest,” she assured.
The forum was graced by members of the diplomatic corps, members of the business community and the general public.