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[8] [58] Many women in such camps are widows. It is thought that relatives accused them of witchcraft in order to take control of their husbands' possessions. [58] Many women also are mentally ill, a problem that is not well understood in Ghana. [60] [58] The government has said they intend to close these camps down. [58]
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.
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
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 .
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
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
The following is a list of the major existing intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). For a more complete listing, see the Yearbook of International Organizations , [ 1 ] which includes 25,000 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), excluding for-profit enterprises, about 5,000 IGOs, and lists dormant and dead organizations as ...