Women’s empowerment alone does not guarantee economic justice – Sheila Minkah-Premo

The Managing Consultant at ALC Law Consult, Sheila Minkah-Premo, has argued that empowering women through increased opportunities is not enough to achieve economic justice, insisting that deeper structural reforms are needed to ensure women own and control wealth.

Speaking at the 10th anniversary lecture of the Young African Women's Congress Network on Wednesday, July 29, she said true economic justice requires transforming the legal, economic and social systems that determine who owns productive assets and who benefits from economic growth.

Wealth comprises land, housing, businesses, savings, investments, pensions, shares, and other productive assets capable of generating long-term economic security and intergenerational prosperity.