Ghana’s economy thrives on SMEs dominated by women – Gender Minister

Otiko Djaba said that female entrepreneurs are not deterred from working under harsh conditions

Ms Otiko Afisah Djaba, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), has said Ghana’s economy thrives on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) dominated by women in the informal sector.

She said female entrepreneurs continue to work under difficult conditions than their male counterparts but have less access and control over the most critical economic resources such as land and credit and the impediments from negative socio-cultural and political factors.

This, she said, has hindered many women from achieving their full potential and limited them to a complementary role in national development.

Ms Afisah Djaba was speaking at a policy dialogue on inclusiveness of market women in national development through partnership over the weekend in Accra.

The dialogue was held to create a platform for street and market vendors, kayayei, slum dwellers and the entire informal sector workers in Accra to deliberate on critical matters affecting market women who are dominant in the informal sector.

Source: adomonline.com