Guided Tour – GTA Women Membership Holds Biennial Congress at Kwahu

The Chief Govt Officer, Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) Mr Akwasi Agyeman, has urged ladies in tourism to work hand in hand to interrupt the stereotypes that holds ladies down.
He mentioned “we need more of our women to rise to positions of authority that will enable them influence policies, especially those that will affect the fortunes of other women.”

Mr Agyeman made this remark on the simply ended biennial congress of the GTA Women Membership.
The congress is aimed toward bringing members throughout the areas collectively to establish how greatest to assist the group obtain its targets, to take a look at methods of empowering one another and to alternate views and concepts aimed toward bettering the welfare of feminine workers.
He congratulated the Membership for his or her dedication and efforts in the direction of the profitable operations of the GTA and urged them to not relent of their efforts to making a extra formidable pressure of the Authority.

Mrs. Doreen Fianko, Founding father of the Membership mentioned there have been many aware and unconscious biases round ladies, which hinders their progressive ahead motion.
“This is the reason why women need to be empowered to equip and allow them to redefine their gender roles and to make strategic life choices which will allow them more freedom to pursue their desired goals.”

Mrs. Emma Rachael Akua Oduro, Outgoing President of the Membership urged ladies within the Tourism, Arts, Tradition and Hospitality business in Ghana, to mentor and coach each other by means of assist teams with a purpose to meet up with the rising calls for inside the business.
She mentioned the membership was shaped over twenty years in the past to amongst different issues enhance the welfare of the feminine workers by means of the alternate of concepts, promote the picture and development of members in addition to to help the administration in pursuance of fundamental goal of the Authority and supply constructive ideas and criticisms.

The Women’ Membership has a membership of virtually 2 hundred (200) members drawn from all of the sixteen areas of Ghana.
Some actions that happened in the course of the congress embody, management coaching programme, empowerment summit, a donation train, election and swearing in of recent executives, tour and picnic.

The newly sworn in executives embody Madam Francesca Quansah, President, Ms Abigail Kwayisi, Vice President, Madam Selase Tettevi, Organizer, Nana Yaa Boadu, Assistant Organizers, Madam Millicent Nweada, Public Relations Officer, Madam Ellen Gyeambea, Secretary, and Madam Dela Melchidek, Monetary Secretary.