{"id":4937,"date":"2026-03-21T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/?p=4937"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:08:34","slug":"tema-mayor-draws-inspiration-from-market-women-at-iwd-climax-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/tema-mayor-draws-inspiration-from-market-women-at-iwd-climax-event\/","title":{"rendered":"TEMA MAYOR DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM MARKET WOMEN AT IWD CLIMAX EVENT."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TEMA -18 March 2006.<br \/>\nThe Mayor of Tema, Ebi Bright, has highlighted the role of market women in Ghana\u2019s informal economy, describing them as examples of resilience and economic strength during an event marking the climax of International Women\u2019s Day.<br \/>\nSpeaking at Olam Senior High School, she said small-scale traders, particularly market women, contribute significantly to the economy but are often not fully recognized in traditional economic measurements such as GDP.<br \/>\nThe event formed part of a month-long International Women\u2019s Day celebration organized by the Social Welfare Department of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations.<br \/>\nShe also encouraged women to be confident and take up opportunities even in spaces where they may be underrepresented, urging them to be bold and participate in leadership and decision-making.<br \/>\nThe programme ended with the distribution of sanitary pads to female students, as part of efforts to promote menstrual hygiene and support young women\u2019s education.<\/p>\n<p>Watch how the Mayor showcased her other talents and connected with the audience on TikTok:<br \/>\nWatch on <a class=\"x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@temametropolitanassembly?_r=1&amp;_t=ZS-94s5stPsBzZ\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@temametropolitanassembly?_r=1&amp;_t=ZS-94s5stPsBzZ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEMA -18 March 2006. The Mayor of Tema, Ebi Bright, has highlighted the role of market women in Ghana\u2019s informal economy, describing them as examples of resilience and economic strength during an event marking the climax of International Women\u2019s Day. Speaking at Olam Senior High School, she said small-scale traders, particularly market women, contribute significantly to the economy but are often not fully recognized in traditional economic measurements such as GDP. The event formed part of a month-long International Women\u2019s Day celebration organized by the Social Welfare Department of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations. She&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4939,"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937\/revisions\/4939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4937"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}