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The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has been urged to amend its constitution to reflect the standards of both male and female members of the group. This is also to help effect the necessary changes in the structure and budgeting of the group to give legal status to the GNAT Ladies Association (GNAT-LAS) and encourage more participation of female teachers in GNAT activities. Ms Helen Awurasa, National Coordinator of Women�s Desk of GNAT, made the call at the opening of the First Quadrennial Eastern Regional GNAT-LAS Roundtable on the theme: �Development of Education in Ghana, the Role of the Female Teacher�, in Koforidua on Thursday. She observed that the active participation of female teachers in GNAT activities would ensure better and sustainable development of the Association. Ms Bernice B. Boateng, Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, alleged that the 1992 Constitution reflects male realities because it was drafted and approved by male dominated institutions. She urged female teachers to overcome challenges facing them and work hard and enter Parliament to enable them to contribute to the enactment of more laws that would take into consideration both male and female aspirations. Ms Boateng also urged more women to take part in the next District Assembly Elections. Mrs Akosua Takyiwah Adu, a former Regional Director of Education, called on female teachers to be assertive and improve upon their capacities to enable them to contribute meaningfully to national development.