[ 2012-04-30 ]

Hajia Hawawu Boya Gariba

Leave women, children out of politics of violence – Minister
The Deputy Minister for Women and Children’s
Affairs (MOWAC), Hajia Hawawu Boya Gariba is
cautioning politicians to reconsider any attempt
to either use or draw women and children into
politics of violence.

The Deputy Minister said because of the
vulnerability of women and children, government is
taking the necessary steps to ensure politicians
do not abuse the two categories of people as the
December general elections approach.

The Minister spoke to Joy News Television after
the premiering of a documentary on political
violence in Accra.

The documentary was produced by a civil society
group, the Ghana Defence Association, to educate
Ghanaians on the need for an incident-free poll.

"I have watched the documentary and I am touched
by the impact of war on particularly women and
children", the Minister said.

A spokesman for the Association, Kwasi Adu,
condemned hate speech and violent tendencies shown
by some politicians so far.

He pledged his Association will extend the peace
message to greater parts of the country before the
December polls.

Source - Joy News Television

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