The Managing Director of GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited, Mr Maxwell Kofi Dwumah, has urged women to take up challenging roles in order to promote gender equality.
That, he said, would also help to break the misconception that women were vulnerable.
He opined that women must be given managerial roles and challenged to do more.
He made this known in an interview with the Ghanaians Times on the sidelines of a get-together organised by the Kaiser Unit, a subsidiary of GIHOC in Accra, on Friday.
The event was aimed at celebrating Queenmothers for their good work over the years and introduce them to the uniqueness of the Kaiser Shnapp.
Although the opportunities for women had grown at the workplace, he said, but there was still a significant gap between male and female employees in some companies.
Mr Dwumah, who doubles as a Patron for the Queenmothers Foundation in Ghana, said in other parts of Ghana most females faced discrimination but it was important to bring women on board to occupy top positions on the corporate ladder.
“Women must take up engineering and technical courses and reduce the usual home economics and the general courses they study at school,” he stated.
The world, he said, was evolving due to technology hence, women must be encouraged to upgrade and essentially take charge of their finances.
He also advised drivers to drink responsibly in order to avoid accidents going into the Christmas festivities.
“Christmas is just around the corner and the rate at which people die each year due to road accident is unbearable. People end up losing relatives and bread winners of their families,” he stressed.
He also commended the Queenmothers for their immense contribution in the country and effort they are making to promote gender equality.
The President of Queenmothers Foundation of Ghana, Nana Ama Serwaa Bonsu, stated that issues of women were their focus and would ensure that the girl child was giving the maximum support and attention for it to grow.
She appealed to the youth to uphold their culture and traditions which would serve as guide to living a responsible life.
“Most of the youth believe culture and traditions are outmoded adding that they don’t even speak their local dialect with their wards at home,” Nana Ama Serwaa Bonsu added.
The president expressed gratitude to the Managing Director and sponsors of Kaiser Shnapp for their kind reception.
BY LINDA ABREFI WADIE
