- Title: GHANA: GENERAL ANKRAH SPEAKS AT UNITED NATIONS SEMINAR IN ACCRA
- Date: 23rd November 1968
- Summary: DELEGATES SEATED; ANKRAH SPEAKING -- SOUND ON FILM. TRANSCRIPT: ANKRAH: THE CONCEPT OF THE GHANAIAN WOMAN AS THE HARD WORKING HOUSEWIFE CONFINED TO THE KITCHEN COOKING THE FAMILY MEAL, BEARING AND LOOKING AFTER AN EVER INCREASING NUMBER OF CHILDREN, IS NO LONGER VALID. GHANAIAN WOMEN ARE CONVINCINGLY (INDISTINCT) AND ARE ASSERTING THEIR INTELLECTUAL CAPABI
- Embargoed: 8th December 1968 13:00
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- Location: ACCRA, GHANA
- Country: Ghana
- Reuters ID: LVA8S5YOMU8PTWVSOWKVUP30QRLH
- Story Text: THE GHANAIAN HEAD OF STATE, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOSEPH ANKRAH, THIS WEEK MADE THE OPENING SPEECH AT THE FIRST UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL SEMINAR OF THE CIVIC AND POLITICAL EDUCATION OF WOMEN, HELD IN THE STATE HOUSE, ACCRA. GENERAL ANKRAH SAID THE TIME HAD COME FOR WOMEN TO ASSUME THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE NOW OPEN TO THEM.
THE SEMINAR IS BEING ATTENDED BY DELEGATES FROM MORE THAN 20 AFRICAN COUNTRIES. THEY INCLUDE CHAD, DAHOMEY, THE IVORY COAST, KENYA, LESOTHO, TOGO, SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA, THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC AND MALAGASY. IN HIS SPEECH TO THE DELEGATES GENERAL ANKRAH SAID:
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