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Today, women make up 43.1% of economically active population in Ghana, ... Safe abortion services are not easily accessible for many women in Ghana. [26] HIV/AIDS
Today, the percentage of women in polygynous marriages in Ghana's rural areas (23.9%) is almost double that of women in Ghana's urban areas (12.4%). [64] The age group with the most women in polygynous marriages is 45–49, followed by the 15–19 age group and the 40–44 group. [64]
A map of Ghana's ethno-linguistic areas. Ghana has more than seventy native ethnic groups. [15] Major native African ethnic groups in Ghana include the Akan at 45.7% of the population, the Mole-Dagbon at 18.5%, the Ewe at 13.9%, the Ga-Dangme at 7.1%, the Gurma at 6.4%, the Guan at 3.2%, the Grusi at 2.7%, Mande at 2% and others at 1.6%.
This is a list of women who have been elected as member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [1] [2] [3] [4] Within the 8th parliament, the ...
The religions that consist in Ghana currently are 12 percent Muslim, 38 percent traditionalist, 41 percent Christian, and the rest (about 9 percent) other. There were points of conflict in terms of marriage where the Islamic and traditional beliefs support polygamy while Christian beliefs support monogamy against polygamy.
This is a listing of the ministers who are currently serving in the New Patriotic Party government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Ghana originally formed on 7 January 2017 following the winning of the December 2016 general election when Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party became president.
In 2007 the Ghanaian government created the Domestic Violence Act in an attempt to reduce violence against women. [25] The act encountered significant resistance from cultural conservatives and local religious leaders who believed that such a law would undermine traditional African values, and that Western values were being implemented into law.
Over 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year and more than half of the figure die in Ghana. [17] In 2018, it was estimated that over four thousand cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed and about 1800 women could die from cancer. [18] In Ghana, breast cancer is the leading malignancy. [19]