Head of Human Resource at Global Media Alliance Group (GMA), Fafa Gbeho, has advised women to look out for each other both in the work space, socially and in any way possible.
Speaking at the women’s forum which was organized as a special edition of eTV Ghana’s African Women’s Voices, hosted by Eunice Tornyi to mark the International Women’s Day celebration, Fafa noted that most times, men, being the bosses in workplaces, may not do too well promoting a woman or fighting for her but also in the few cases where women are bosses, they should do well to stand up for each other.
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She said, “We need to question ourselves really deeply that for all of us, wherever we find ourselves, what are we doing to help other women to be better?”
According to her, in as much as some men prevent women from growing in the workplace, there are also some men who have genuinely helped and motivated women to grow, thus we cannot say that it is solely the men who prevent us from doing bigger things.
The bigger question, per her view is ‘How are we, as women helping ourselves?”
Fafa went on to show her utmost displeasure when she hears people say that women are their own enemies. She instanced, “ When you hear two male politicians on air or you see two men fighting on the road, you won’t hear anyone say men are their own enemies but the moment you have two women in a studio going at each other on a topic, then we say women are our own enemies”.
Fafa Gbeho urged that just as men can have a nice, friendly argument and they are not given any tag as being their own enemies, she would love to see women get to the point that they can have a friendly conversation or an argument and no such tag would be put on that as well.
She also went on to encourage that women who find themselves in higher positions in workplaces or anywhere else, make it a point to stand for and look out for their fellow woman so as to elevate and strengthen each other.
By: Maureen Dedei Quaye