Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Feminist organizing has increased in Ghana as women seek to obtain a stronger role in their democratic government. In 2004, a coalition of women created the Women's Manifesto for Ghana , a document that demands economic and political equality as well as reproductive health care and other rights. [ 62 ]
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
Danish Women's Society (Dansk Kvindesamfund), world's oldest women's rights organization, founded 1871; De Danske Husmoderforeninger (The Danish Housewives Associations) Fødselsstiftelsen (Maternity Institution) Kvindevalgretsforeningen (Women's Suffrage Association), women's organization (1889–1898) specifically focused on suffrage
Less than 15% of Ghana's 275-member parliament are women, below the 30% target set out by the United Nations for all countries. The country was ranked 119th in a June report on the global gender ...
Pages in category "Women's organisations based in Ghana" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In many countries, women have been underrepresented in the government and different institutions. [1] As of 2019 [update] , women were still underrepresented, but were increasingly being elected to be heads of state and government .
Women in national legislatures (as of 1 September 2022) Country Lower House Upper House Last Election Seats Women % W Last Election Seats* Women % W Rwanda: 2018: 80 49 61.3 2019 26 9 34.6 Cuba: 2018: 586 313 53.4
List of MPs elected in the 2020 Ghanaian general election; Joyce Bamford-Addo - first female speaker of parliament in West Africa; List of female members of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana