Not long ago, I told younger female journalists that one of the professions which makes a woman stand out, as an achiever is journalism.

Journalism used to be considered a taboo for women in this country, and any woman who ventured into that profession was considered by the males as someone who wanted to delve into the male territory.

However, as time went on, with the celebration of UN Decade for Women from 1975-85 when we had the Mexico Conference in 1975, the mid-decade conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1980 and the Beijing Conference in 1985 many women seemed to have heard the clarion call that "no man can set a limit to the heights they, the women, can climb."

Whoever thought that a woman in Ghana would become the President of the GJA? Yet, we had Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie elected some 10 years ago as President of the Ghana Journalists Association, having taken over from Hon. Kabral Amihere, Ghana's ambassador to Sierra Leone.

She was re-elected for a second term and again a third term.

That was record-breaking indeed!! Now she has been appointed by President Kufuor as a member of the Council of State. Indeed, she is the youngest female member of the council comprised of distinguished personalities.

How proud her mother, aunties, friends at Aglow and other relatives must feel right now!!

When she stepped down in 2004, whom do you think she handed the baton to? Adwoa Yeboah Afari currently the editor of the Ghanaian Times, a stated-owned newspaper. She follows giants like Kutin Mensah Gyawu Kyem, Christian Aggrey etc.

Before becoming president of the GJA, Adwoa Yeboah-Afari worked for years at the Graphic Corporation as a columnist in the Mirror, some years at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London and had even edited a magazine called Commonwealth Currents.

Adwoa, you must work very hard as from now. You have one more step to climb, and that is being a member of the highest body of governance. I look forward to your appointment as a member of the Council of State in four years' time.

Gifty Afenyi- Dadzie is known by close friends and relatives as Ewuradwoa and the current GJA president is called Adwoa too. There seems to be something in the name Adwoa or Ewuradwoa: that is a woman born on Monday.

I would encourage all Monday born women to really fight for recognition in their chosen professions because they are born leaders.

I would suggest some researchers take up the challenge to find out how many of our women leaders, activists and parliamentarians are born on Monday.

My dear ones- Ewuradwoa and Adwoa, Congrats again, and God Bless you.