When a woman learns, she teaches the world.

She teaches us that the world is made better with her learnings. She teaches us that when she is empowered, her knowledge nourishes her community. Not only does she raise better families, she also brings dedication and higher productivity to her workplaces as well.

Gender parity has been an issue which everyone talks about but falls behind when it comes to taking effective action. Gender inequality is the greatest moral and social issue of our time — and it contributes to the world’s critical economic challenges which persist.

Though women have been engaged in the informal sector – doing farm labor, and managing a house – since time immemorial, but we don’t realize that by giving them access to education and equal opportunities in the formal sector, we can add as much as $12 trillion to the world’s economy.

Empowerment of women creates a win-win situation. Imagine if women participated with all their intellect, talent, and skills; think of the family or workplace benefitting, products and technologies that can get developed. Her compassion will reflect in whatever she will create.

However, women in certain parts of the world have been pushed behind to an extent that they have to compromise even their self-respect in order to survive. Human trafficking is a menace our society continues to struggle with. Those whose conscience gets pricked by witnessing such exploitation of women must come forward and take initiatives towards educating them. Empowered and financially independent woman can help us in removing many ills of the society such as street children, drug abuse, or prostitution. If woman is brought to the center stage of development, with the right skills and education, she can make the world a happier place.

Along with education and financial independence, women’s empowerment also means equal rights; rights on family property, rights for remarriage, rights against domestic violence, and many others.

At IPMC we are not only an equal opportunity employer, we encourage women to work in our software development, system integration, and technical support units. Our training wing ensures that more women come to study technology. In fact, one of our training campuses has buildings named after Ghanaian women such as Adwoa (Monday), Aba (Tuesday), Ekua (Wednesday) and Yaaba (Thursday).

We aim to create a space that recognises the value that the women of our country bring to our society, culture, and economy. And provide them with the right tools and systems that support their personal and professional growth. The number of women entrepreneurs in the tech space today are few but there is no doubt in my mind that they will serve as role models in the coming years.