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The Deputy General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Dr Yaw Baah, has said that the country�s economic problems could be solved when a female is elected as the president. �If you want Ghana to develop, make a woman the president�, he said, adding that �corruption will go down if we have many female ministers.� Dr Baah made the call during the closing ceremony of a five-day capacity building workshop organised by the TUC for 50 of its staff members from all districts in the Brong Ahafo Region. The programme, which was on the theme: �Basic trade union education for women and youth union leaders, members and activists�, focused particularly on the youth and women. The participants were taken through the history of TUC, communication skills, public speaking, management practices and health as well as safety precautions at workplaces. Why female president? Defending his stance, Dr Baah indicated that countries such as Finland and Denmark, where women had been given prominent roles in their political cycles had developed. He added that when women were given equal opportunities as men, they could make a difference in their societies. Dr Baah, however, cautioned women to cut down on the time they spent watching movies to enable them to develop their intellectual capabilities. �Stop watching films and start reading to enable you to develop your intellect because that is the only way you can be accepted by men�, he stated. He urged women to not consider themselves as inferior to men and rather aspire higher in the society. �If women are not willing to change the system for themselves, nobody will change it for them�, he cautioned.