How I celebrated my birthday

The day was very humble atmospherically and this got me thinking about the some Violence Women face.

Women in Ghana are recognized under law as having equal rights with men in all spheres of life. The 1992 Constitution recognizes equality of all persons before the law and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sex, religion, etc.

But fortunately and unfortunately, why I do say so; let me begin by first commending our President, John Agyekum Kufuor, for signing the Domestic Violence Act into Law, This is a step in the right direction. I say unfortunately, because although some interventions have been made in curbing violence against women the issue of male supremacy needs to be addressed because violence against women is one of the results of male supremacy and the low status of women within the family. Male supremacy is supported by social institutions such as marriage, religion and culture whilst these same institutions reinforce women’s low status. Furthermore, when we see women as the complimentary sex it is in a spirit of co-operation. When we see women as being the opposite sex then it is more in a spirit of competition.
This is because most of us were educated by the exploiters and have come to think that manhood has something to do with the domination of our women. Men having power struggles with our women aides the oppressors, it is also very important that women see the necessity of political power because it is; if not the only way to liberation of the people. MEN AND WOMEN ARE COMPLIMENTARY SEXES. The emancipation of the women means the emancipation of the men and the whole society for safer motherhood. This is precisely why we are Men for the Emancipation of Women.
It is very essential if strategies to engender poverty reduction are to be sustainable it is important to recognize unequal gender relations and the structures of power that women confront at all levels in Ghana and how these increase women's vulnerability to poverty.

In sustaining Domestic Violence Law, I recommend that civil society should serve as monitoring and evaluation agents’.
Track cases in court to assess arguments advanced by lawyers and judges
Report periodically on challenges with implementation;
Hold government accountable for the promises made in the law;
Broad based education on the provision of the law – legal literacy;
Simplification and translation of the law at the grass root level.

The Government should fulfill its Commitment of funds to the Domestic Violence Fund in the national budgets.
The law enforcement agencies and judiciary will need training in this sphere.

I believe Human rights are the rights people are entitled to simply because they are human beings, irrespective of their citizenship, nationalities, race, ethnicity, language, sex, sexuality or abilities. Human rights become enforceable when they are codified as conventions, covenant or as they become customary International Law.
Some values of Human rights are; rights of persons to freedom of speech, life, conscience, equal treatment, work and health, among others.

Unfortunately, in Africa , ignorance and lack of awareness or education allow so many violations of human rights. Few media groups or journalists and public officials can identify with all confidence the basic rights and protection of these rights, that is supported by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Awareness, improving training and development skills for journalists so as to promote human rights remains a key question and challenge for media practitioners and government alike. All Charters and Declarations need to be widely known, discussed and allowed to be made meaningful to the entire populace or citizens.
In conclusion, with the right training and skills implemented, the media thus perform vital role in informing, socializing, communicating and articulating the power of the poor masses and laying the ground work for social transformation, human rights and good governance.
An issue as important as human rights should not rest with some i.e. Governments, organizations or institutions but with many and all that know and value their human rights (civil society).

I believe HR affects every facet of an individual’s life hence the need for;
1. The Right to Education - Human Rights must be OBLIGATORY in school curriculum starting from the primary school so that each and every individual can be aware of both their rights and the rights of other people. The education of human rights is as important to one's future as learning to read and write. Given that we live in environments where our human rights are threatened an individual with information and knowledge of his/her human rights can better protect themselves.

We all know that the advancement of human rights today cannot be possible today if we did not put in place some necessary criteria’s such as justice and accountability. If we take for instance what happens in our tribunals nowadays, we can therefore say that something has to be done.
so many criminals and human rights violators are set free because they are often able of buying judges and instead innocent people are been convicted for crimes not committed. This resulting in the failure of the human rights application by that state.
i really advice that judges that allow these kinds of thinks should be prosecuted.
if justice and accountability are well rendered, i think that the advancement of human rights should be effective

"Given my own increased awareness and education on the subject of human rights, I look forward to my role in making a difference as one individual and affecting change within a growing community of persons, governments, institutions and organizations who can not afford to sit back and wait and see".