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That point was, and still is, that all women are working women and their work should be valued. Women do housework, care work, looking after children… - Mary Chinery-Hesse
" "That point was, and still is, that all women are working women and their work should be valued. Women do housework, care work, looking after children but none of this is reflected in the statistics. Outside of the home, their work tends to be low paid and in segregated areas. I am an economist. We at the ILO were looking at how women’s work could be counted, because what is not counted is not valued.
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About Mary Chinery-Hesse
Mary Chinery-Hesse, FAAS, OSG, née Blay (born 29 October 1938) is an international Civil servant and diplomat serving as the first woman Chancellor of the University of Ghana, inducted on 1 August 2018. She was the first female Deputy Director-General of the International Labour Organization.
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Mary Blay
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Mary Akuokor Chinery-Hesse
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The situation for women has improved since then. We see laws on gender equality, maternity leave and equal opportunity. Since Beijing a number of countries embraced the concept of the girl child and several have adopted policies to ensure that girls go to school. At the University of Ghana, where I am Chancellor, there are more women students than men.
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