Fear Woman

The women of Ghana have a reputation for independence. They, rather than the men, sit enthroned at the market stalls and run a large proportion of the nation's retail trade. But Ghanaian women are now thrusting even more vigorously into the arena of power and influence.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / International Zone
• Video Length: 00:27:03
• Production Date: 1 May 1984
• Asset Language: English
• Subject Topical: WOMEN; WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT; WOMEN IN POLITICS; WOMEN WORKERS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: GHANA
• MAMS Id: 2039182
• Parent Id: 838157

Description

In this programme we meet three very different ladies who typify the new trend: Esther Ocloo, a notably successful businesswoman and owner of a food processing industry; Justice Jiagge, a Supreme Court Judge and one of the authors of the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; and Nana Okosampa VI, the hereditary Chief of the Community of Atwia.

• Scripts: File; 398 FEAR WOMAN SYNOPSIS AND SCRIPT.pdf (643.32 KB)