WOM LAUNCHES BOUNDLESS III MAGAZINE

By JoycelineNatallyCudjoe

The founder of Women on the Move (WOM) media advocacy, Miss. Ama Lawson has urged women to unleash their full potentials to help in nation building.

According to her, women are epitome of development and should strive to be independent by climbing up to a greater height in terms of profession.

She said this at the Woman of the Zeniths (WOZ) Summit and magazine launch on Thursday in Accra, dubbed; “Empowering Women Economically.”

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The programme was organized by WOM, a project aimed at empowering women and children to improve their economic well-being.

She revealed that women have unique qualities and attributes thus when they endeavor to work without depending on the men they would contribute immensely to the developmental agenda of the country.

“Think outside the box and come out with unique entrepreneurial ideas that will render you skills to improve your financial wallet without depending on the men,” she said.

Miss Lawson speaking with the Ghanaian Times explained that the Boundless III Magazine was published to motivate and educate women on how to gain requisite skills and new ideas to venture into entrepreneurship.

The 43-page magazine touches on the economic empowerment of women and also showcases the project undertook by WOM.

The magazine raises issue of 2017 women and political leadership, six characteristics that define 21^st Century leaders, among others.

Shiela Azuntaba, Miss Ghana 1996 who launched the magazine advised women to get hold of their feminine power and move from their comfort zone to take their full role in nation building.

“Get out, strive out and make things for yourself in order to build the nation,” she said.

 She stressed the need for women to generate positive ideas that would add value to themselves and the surroundings they would find themselves.

The 1996 Miss Ghana who bought the first copy of the magazine for GH₵2,000.00 urged women to explore their capabilities and make decisions that would benefit the nation as a whole.

The Member of Parliament (MP) of Wa Central, Alhaji Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo in his part called on the unemployed youth to develop unique innovative ideas that would usher them into the job market.

For the country to develop in the right direction, he indicated that the youth should have requisite and problem solving skills adding that “entrepreneurship is the pillar of every successful economy and it helps the citizens to develop themselves into better individuals.”