CHAPTER 5 79. Implementation of these key initiatives has been a challenge. Stakeholders singled out the Ministry for Women's Affairs and the Women's Desk in Ministries Departments and Agencies as institutions that are chronically under-resourced. iii. Recommendations 80. The Panel recommends that: ? ? ? ? ? The political leadership provide the will, good faith and determination to fight and overcome the cultural impediments to gender equality in Ghana. The Domestic Violence Bill, which seeks to enforce the rights of women be enacted. Ghana take steps to promote affirmative action to accelerate gender equality in public institutions and in the organised private sector, for example, by programmes for Women in Management and Women in Development. The Government of Ghana and other stakeholders specify the benchmarks of progress in achieving gender equality and mainstreaming, and the application of sanctions against institutions that are tardy in meeting the benchmarks. The Government of Ghana and relevant stakeholders strengthen or create the institutional machinery at all levels of government to oversee and monitor progress in meeting the benchmarks. Objective 6: Ensure broad-based participation in development i. Self-assessment 81. A number of initiatives have been adopted to elicit broad-based participation of stakeholders in the area of socio-economic development, but much dissatisfaction remains. The main measures employed to encourage broad-based participation at the national policy level for socioeconomic development include the following: ? ? ? 136 National Economic Dialogue, bringing development think-tanks and policymakers together to discuss the country's economy; Homecoming Summit, enabling Ghanaian and the African Diaspora to provide input into the policy process; Stakeholders' workshops, where trade unions, research institutions, various associational groups (including professional bodies) and civil society groups