The chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Josephine Nkrumah, has said the inequality gap between men and women as regards access to justice worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking at the 13th Annual Chief Justice’s Forum in Koforidua in the Eastern Region, Nkrumah observed that even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it was challenging for the average woman to access justice.
“The pandemic indeed widened the chasm of inequality in our society and certainly access and availability to justice would not have been spared in this widening gap. It is a fact that prior to the pandemic, an average woman’s road to accessing justice had many obstacles,” she said.
Adopt innovative strategies
She also noted that “for some 90 years that we anticipate closing that gap, it has expanded to over a 138 years and so it makes this whole idea of bridging the gender inequality gap almost a mirage. This means therefore that for women, access to justice has become really a challenge.”
Nkrumah added: “It is imperative that innovative strategies are adopted, that fully reflect the implications of the pandemic on justice delivery reforms, particularly to cater for many women whose rights indeed were trampled upon during the pandemic and as has been referred to as the shadow pandemic.”
Nana Abena Boakye-Boateng
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