The Foundation for Security Development in Africa (FOSDA) has called for the holistic measures to be put in place to halt decline in women representation in Parliament.
According to FOSDA, the current representation of women in Ghana’s Parliament is under serious threat if stakeholders do not take extraordinary measures to improve the situation.
“Currently, women constitute about 15% of Ghana’s parliament with 40 women Parliamentarians out of the total 275. Although this number falls short of the international best practice of 30% representation, it risks further decline in December 2024 when Ghana goes to the polls to elect Parliamentarians for the 10th Parliament under the 4th Republic.
“FOSDA’s analysis of the results of the recent parliamentary primaries conducted by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the leading opposition political party, indicates that the NDC has nominated a total of 32 women to contest in the 2024 national parliamentary elections. This number constituted 12% of the total 275 nominated parliamentary candidates,” the Executive Director for FOSDA, Theodora W. Anti disclosed in a press release.
She continued: “Interestingly, the NDC nominated a similar number of women, 33 in 2019 to contest the 2020 parliamentary elections, out of which 20 were elected.”
Attached is the full statement from FOSDA
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
