Over 200 delegates and executives of GNAT-LAS drawn from all the regions and districts of Ghana attended the conference. Also in attendance were the acting President, General Secretary and other executives of GNAT and representatives from various departments, agencies and associations.

The gathering was preceded by a 3 hours awareness march through some principal streets of Accra by the delegates. The conference was formally opened by the Minister for Women and Children; Hajia Alima Mahama. Mrs. Mary Amankwa, Chairperson of GNAT, Greater Accra Region Chaired the opening session.

Session one
In her welcome address, The Gender coordinator, Madam Helena Awurasa gave a brief history of the society and highlighted on its key objectives as:
• Strengthening the female teachers participation in GNAT
• Improving upon the performance of the female teacher in the classroom and in society at large
• Help them assume leadership roles in social, educational and political spheres

She recounted some of the attainments of GNAT-LAS. Key among these were the development of a gender policy (which sets out a rational for GNAT-LAS) that have been adopted by the National executive of GNAT; the training of 500 women organizers by the society which eventually strengthened and sharpened the skills of over 8,000 women; the printing and donation of 6,000 supplementary readers, stationary, school uniforms and writing materials to 30 schools in deprived communities; the development and printing of six thousand copies of educational brochures on child labour, child trafficking, violence at school, cervical cancer, breast cancer and girl child education which were distributed to GNAT members and the general public; regular breast cancer screening and voluntary counseling and testing for HIV and the setting up of counseling centers in six districts and at the head quarters for the teachers; the formulation of an HIV/AIDS work place policy, etc

She emphasized that the success of GNAT-LAS is demonstrated by the confidence and knowledge shown by the delegates and expressed her hope that similar conferences would be held at the regional and district levels.

There were solidarity messages from Ghana Registered Nurses Association, Ghana National Association of Teachers, Teachers and Education Workers Union, GNATOC GNAT-LAS, Trades Union Congress, Association of Women Lawyers in Africa, Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service and the Department of Women of the Ministry of Women and Children. In their messages, they congratulated GNAT-LAS on their twenty years success and pledged their unflinching support to their quest to empower the female teacher and improve upon their lot. They called on the female teacher to be involved in the development of the women in society at large.

The Guest Speaker Mrs. Georgina Baiden in her keynote address expressed her gratitude for the development of GNAT-LAS over the years. She spelt out the purpose of the gathering as; taking stock of GNAT-LAS activities and setting targets for the next four years while adopting strategies to make the female teacher more effective in her work. She reminded the gathering of the current successes chalked by women world over especially on the political spheres in Liberia and Germany. She traced the history of GNAT-LAS and narrated chronology leading to the formation of the Society. She recounted that as women were increasingly gaining recognition for their contribution to the world of work, awareness continued to grow on the need to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women whiles improving on their over all economic and social status.....More