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Ghana Launches Ten-Year Gender Policy to Drive Women’s Equality to 2034
Ghana has unveiled a revised National Gender Policy covering 2025 to 2034, replacing a framework that expired in 2020 and setting out a new...
ABANTU, ActionAid call on media to prioritise gender equity reporting
The media has been urged to give prominence to the implementation of Ghana’s Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act, 2024 (Act 1121), and intensify coverage...
Ghana’s Public Sector Shows Just 26% Female Leadership Despite New Laws
Women hold barely a quarter of management positions across Ghana's public service, highlighting persistent gender barriers despite new legislation aimed at promoting workplace equality.
The...
Affirmative Action Law Flouted: Only 16% Women in Transition Team
The Affirmative Action Law Coalition has called out both the incumbent and incoming governments for failing to meet the legally mandated 30% quota for...
Increasing Women’s Participation: Elections Vrs. Legislation
Ghana was one of the first countries in Africa to legislate an Affirmative Action Act in the early 60s which facilitated the entry of...
