Profile: Lydia Sasu – Hungry for a cause Twenty-four years ago, a women’s advocate spoke up and the technocrats listened

A. L, Peter (2023) Profile: Lydia Sasu – Hungry for a cause Twenty-four years ago, a women’s advocate spoke up and the technocrats listened. Yemaya (68). p. 1. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

The year was 1998. Lydia Sasu, the notable personality being profiled in this column, was then a civil servant in the Department of Women in Agriculture in the Ghanaian Ministry of Food and Agriculture and also the Coordinator of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Using the authority and privilege at her command, Lydia worked relentlessly to highlight the need for holistic and sustainable solutions to tackle the all-pervasive problem of hunger in Ghana. By drawing attention to the problems of illiteracy, unemployment, poor health and the under-representation of marginalized groups, including women, Lydia made the all-important connections that allow the root causes of hunger to be identified and addressed.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM598
Keywords:	ICSF, Yemaya, Ghana, Women, Gender, Fisheries Development, Fishing Communities, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Vivek D ICSF
Date Deposited:	03 May 2024 04:33
Last Modified:	03 May 2024 04:33
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/20169

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