Posted on September 24 at 9:15 p.m.Suggest removal

...I still cannot believe Ms. Franciska Isaaka the women's rights activist from Ghana got away with some of her claims about treatment of women in the African culture. Which part of modern day Africa or perhaps modern day Ghana is she really referring to when she says "The majority of African women face discriminatory,dehumanizing deragotory and harmful traditional and cultural practices on a daily basis"(Source The Oklahoma Daily, September 24, 2009, page 1) Wow ! words/phrases like "majority of African women"? "deragotory"? "dehumanizing"? used to refer to African women? Are these her own opinions or her own facts?Or could she have been referring to one small tribe she may know about and some of their tradional HISTORICAL practices? I still cannot deal with such OVER GENERALIZATIONS about such a big continent as Africa or even a country like Ghana with so many different cultures...

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Posted on September 24 at 6:21 p.m.Suggest removal

Wow! I am completely taken aback that this respectable women's rights activist from Ghana (Franciska Isaaka) can make outragious claims like she has...about women rights in the African culture. Africa is still a very big continent with so many different countries and each country has very distinct cultures and traditions. For example, she (Franciska Isaaka) keeps making references to how women are treated in Ghana...and I keep wondering which part of Ghana is is referring to. Because as far as I'm concerned Ghana has a lot of cultures and people-groups. Honestly, these are ridiculous claims...especially when it is coming from a Ghanaian woman with a background in economics, geography and an MBA who when referring to herself says "I'm not really an academic...I have been in the trenches working,"(oklahoma daily, thursday, September 24, 2009, page 2). What does this mean? Could she be admitting to the fact that the topic she picked to discuss; "Realizing Women's Rights in Africa:The Interface Between Cultural and Universal Rights," is far beyond the scope of her expertees? I'm sorry Ms. Franciska Isaaka, it would have been a very educational experience if you talked about the CURRENT, TRUE and MORE REALISTIC disposition and status of women in Ghana or Africa which ever one you are well-informed about and have done a thorough research on. You contradict yourself so much even knowing that you were once the Deputy Minister for local Government and Rural Development in Ghana between 1988 and 1992. Hence, if your claims are true today how did you as a woman ever have that position with the goverment?

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