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<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:12pt">The Managing Director of GCB Bank Limited, Mr Anselm Ray Sowah, says women are the core of human life and that without them not much could be achieved. “There is absolutely nothing we can do without women. </span></div>
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<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:12pt">Without you there will be no human race,” he said. In a remark at a panel discussion by Ladies of the GCB Bank’s Head Office in Accra, Mr Sowah said women are capable of achieving a lot for mankind.</span></div>
<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:12pt">The topic for the panelists’ discussion was “Gender equality at the workplace – Career prospects and progression for female employees of GCB Bank.”</span></div>
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<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:12pt">The panelists were drawn from experienced female staff from the Legal, Human Resource, Consumer Banking and Risk Management Departments of the Bank.</span></div>
<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:12pt">The MD said, “it is the resilience of women that has made the human race what it is today.” He advised women to hold their heads high and continue to play valuable roles in society.</span></div>
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<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:12pt">The Head of Human Resource Department, Mr Isshaque Kojo Essel, said GCB women are encouraged to build up their competencies so as to compete in job vacancies.</span></div>
<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:12pt">He announced that Management of the Bank is putting in place a gender policy to cement the existence of gender parity within the Bank.</span></div>
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<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:12pt">“We celebrate all women of our great institution and we recognize your efforts in making this Bank what it is today.”</span></div>
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<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:12pt">The Legal Counsel of the Bank, Mrs Jesse Jacintho, debunked the assertion that women are their own enemies.</span></div>
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<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:12pt">She called for collaboration and sharing of information among women especially between female supervisors and their subordinates to promote harmony in the workplace.</span></div>
<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:12pt">Mrs Ramatu Yawson, deputy Head of the Risk Management Department, advised female staff of corporate institutions to work hard for meritorious progression.</span></div>
