Women in the formal sector have been urged to be assertive in claiming their rights as women and workers without shirking their duties and responsibilities.
This would require that they kept abreast with current laws relating to labour at the national, international and workplace levels.
Madam Teresa Nadia Abugah, Head of the Women's Desk of the Ghana Trades Union Congress, said this at a one-day seminar to mark International Women's Day in Ho on Monday.
It was under the theme, "Equal Rights Equal Opportunities, Progress for all."
Madam Abugah said much had been achieved by women and for women since the 1995 Beijing Conference but much still remained to be done.
She said it was therefore incumbent on men to identify themselves with and support women to break through the barriers that tended to obstruct them from developing their vast potentials and putting them at the service of the nation.
Togbe Adom Drayi, Head of Organisation of the TUC, said the country had been generally slow in making progress because it has been too slow in integrating women into decision making positions at all levels.
Mrs Vivian Adoboe-Tefe, Women's Representative on the Executive Board of the TUC, said it was incumbent on employers to provide opportunities for their workers to improve on their competencies regularly.
She said women workers must not be limited by their natural responsibilities as mothers from acquiring higher qualifications.