Ghana

A number of women’s groups on Wednesday undertook a one hour peaceful demonstration through the streets of Wa, the capital of the Upper West Region; to drum home the need for peace before, during and after the December 7, general election.

Three out of 12 female aspirants from the Western Region would enter the next parliament. The next parliament would also witness the entrance of new faces when it resumes its sittings in January 2009.

At a workshop in Akosombo, political parties with representation in Parliament called for the establishment of a voluntary quota of 30 per cent positions for women in the administration of political parties, the selection of parliamentary candidates and the appointment of district chief executive

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) together with The Hunger Project (THP)-Ghana, had organized a three-day workshop to help to deepen the understanding of selected women assembly members of the local government system.

An ex-Assemblywoman for the Hemang Electoral area, Madam Afia Donko has declared her intention to contest for the presidency in election 2012, as an independent presidential candidate.

Twenty-three out of the 64 women who contested the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries were elected as parliamentary candidates and would contest on the ticket of the NPP in the 2012 general elections.