A nine-member govt of Girls in Worldwide Transport Buying and selling Affiliation (WISTA) Ghana has been inaugurated at a brief a ceremony in Accra.
The executives had been sworn into workplace to steer affairs of the affiliation for the subsequent yr.
WISTA Ghana is an affiliation {of professional} ladies within the maritime business. It was established in June 2009 with the only intention of selling the event of girls within the maritime business. The affiliation is the third in Africa after Nigeria and South Africa and extra lately Egypt.
WISTA Ghana believes that ladies in prime place are few although there are properly certified and due to this fact goals at encouraging ladies to rise to the event and be counted as companions within the business.
Girls participation within the maritime business has elevated over the previous decade, and, based on President of WISTA Ghana, Jemilat Jawulah Mahamah in her inaugural speech, it’s the want of achieved ladies on this business to deliver to the minds of the youthful era the assorted avenues obtainable for them to take careers in.
She stated selling curiosity of girls within the business might be lifted particularly within the coming years, including a number of programmes are underway to drive the agenda.
On growing the variety of ladies in maritime sector, Jemilat Jawulaa Mahama stated that WISTA would hold advocating for extra maritime training, mentoring and coaching for the ladies of us noting that’s the solely the ladies of us could make a head approach within the transport sector.
A few of executives contains Gifty Boiboi, with GPHA, Stella Cobbah with GPHA, Georgina Nydia with GMA Mariama Dauda with GSA, Esi Flemmings Adjei, with GPHA, Alice Odoi with GMA
The remainder are Josephine Antwi Adjei with Media Basic, Francisa Antionette Annoh, Doreen Dzidedi Ackuaku with GPHA.
By Josephine Antwi Adjei|3news.com|Ghana
