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Promoting the Participation of Women in Local Governance and Development: The Case of Ghana

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March 25, 2013

Promoting the Participation of Women in Local Governance and Development: The Case of Ghana

This paper describes initiatives in Ghana to promote the participation of women in local governance and the role of European support.

This paper describes initiatives in Ghana to promote the participation of women in local governance and the role of European support.

March 14, 2013
We Must Take Positive Lessons From Kenya's WOMEN ONLY Elections, Ghana

As we join the rest of the world in commemorating today, 8th March, as International Women’s Day, we wish to use this occasion to address the unacceptable issue of very low representation of women in governance and decision-making in Ghana and many other African countries and commend the great st

December 10, 2012
Ghana: Dec. 7 polls: 28 women elected as MPs

he anxiety and uncertainty surrounding women's abilities to win Parliamentary seats have been laid to rest as 28 women from nine regions have reached office so far in Ghana's hotly contested 2012 elections.

November 23, 2012
Ghana: CPP Presidential Candidate to champion the cause of women

Dr Michael Abu Sakara Foster, Presidential Candidate of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) on Wednesday said when elected his government would champion the cause of women in nation building.

September 25, 2012
IDEA: Translating women’s presence in parliaments into influence in politics and decision making

A seminar, organized by IDEA, on women’s political empowerment held in Ghana in August brought together women members of parliament from 31 countries in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss what strategies are successful for translating women’s p

September 17, 2012
Ghana: Capacity building workshop for Female Parliamentary Candidates opens in Akosombo

A four-day capacity building workshop organized for aspiring female parliamentary candidates in the country opened at Akosombo on Wednesday.

July 18, 2012
Ghana: Obstacles facing female politicians – Making it Compulsory to have Women in Ghana’s Parliament

Beatrice Boateng, a member of parliament with the New Patriotic Party, Ghana’s official opposition to the ruling New Democratic Congress, has earned her place among the country’s lawmakers. As she takes her seat in parliament, she does so having overcoming the numerous obstacles that face al

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Politics Not Reserved For Men

The wife of the Vice President Hajia Alima Ramatu says politics is not a reserved venture for men in Ghana and Africa, and has therefore urged her colleague women in the country especially those in the three Northern Regions to prepare adequately to wrestle with their male counterparts in the for