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educing even further the level of services provided by the general police force. We therefore recommend that the Government evaluate the success of the WAJ units and, if appropriate, expand their use throughout Ghana. At the same time, we recommend that the government undertake continuously to train its existing police force to enforce the provisions of Law 111. This training should include not only education on the requirements of the law but also the nature and scope of cultural resistance to the law and the duty of police to respond appropriately notwithstanding their own views. CONCLUSION Notwithstanding Ghana's commitment to gender equality, as reflected both in its domestic law and its international legal obligations, women in Ghana continue to suffer under the burden of discrimination. This burden stems in part from the limitations of laws designed to ensure women's equality, including Laws 111 and 112. This Report has described these limitations and offered suggestions as to how they might be addressed. However, a substantial part of the burden of discrimination *341 stems not from the laws themselves but from the government's failure adequately to educate its citizenry regarding women's rights and to combat social resistance to the recognition of those rights. These latter problems will not be remedied by amendment. Rather, they will require a commitment on the part of the government to provide both the political leadership and the resources to change traditional attitudes about the status of women. Although difficult to define and even more difficult to accomplish, this task is no less a part of Ghana's obligations under international law than its obligation to ensure women's equal treatment under law. TIME INTERVIEW 10 A. M. 12 P. M. 2 P. M. Mrs. Sheila Minkah- Premo, Apex Lawconsult Mrs. Rosaline Obeng-Ofori, Action Aid Ghana Raymond Atuguba, Legal Resources Center Annex 1: Crowley Mission Itinerary Accra Itinerary, June 4-15, 2001 Monday, June 4, 2001: Accra Orientation
10 A. M. 11 A. M. 12 P. M. 10 A. M. Mrs. Betty Mould- Iddrisu, Chief State Attorney, International Law Division Supreme Court Justice Joyce Bamford Addo Supreme Court Justice George Acquah Supreme Court Justice Sophia Akuffo Hon. Gladys Asmah, Minister of Women Meeting with Chiefs in Jamestown:Odupun Abeka Sikafo, President of Greater Accra Priest and Priestesses Association Nii Kofi Akrashi I, Monday, June 11, 2001 Tuesday, June 12, 2001
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