According to Lydia Seyram Alhassan, the First Deputy Majority Chief Whip of Parliament, Ghana's democracy is continuing to become more commercialized, which keeps women out of the political sphere.
She claimed many women just lacked the financial muscles necessary to satisfy the capital-intensive demands of today's politics.
In order to boost women's involvement in multiparty democracy and aim to reach the 30% threshold in Parliament, she advocated for a concerted action plan by state actors to improve women's conditions in the nation.
The action plan, according to her, ought to emphasize enhancing women's visibility in public areas and giving them the confidence and "can-do" mentality they need to enter politics.
The declaration was given on the House floor by Ms. Alhassan, a member of parliament for Ayawaso West Wugon and a member of the National Patriotic Party, to recognize this year's International Women's Day, which occurs on March 8 every year.
The subject of this year's festivities is DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.
The reality that Ghana's sexist and patronage-based political culture, as well as gendered economic and household inequities, continue to work against women's involvement in the country's administration was stated before the House by Ms. Alhassan.
She asserted that the many ways in which female politicians are abused provide validity to Ghana's entrenched sexist political culture.
Next steps
Since the Beijing conference in 1995, countries all over the world have implemented concrete measures to advance women's rights in a variety of fields, according to Ms. Alhassan.
"Women may now find employment and make a living.
Nowadays, women have the right to vote to select the type of government that the people of a state prefer.
The outdated notion that a woman's role is in the kitchen has been abandoned nowadays, " she said.
She praised Ghana for working hard to increase female child education, lower the rate of adolescent pregnancies, and enhance maternal healthcare delivery to lower maternal mortality, while also urging more to be done.
According to Ms. Alhassan, the free senior high school program, for example, has successfully removed barriers to female education, much like the free maternal healthcare policy, which former president John Agyekum Kufuor introduced in 2008 to greatly enhance the provision of maternal healthcare in Ghana.
According to the MP, despite the advancements achieved, a number of issues still need to be resolved by all political players. These issues include several hurdles, notably those relating to women's involvement in governance processes.
Gaps "In emphasizing gender disparities in STEM education, Hon. Members, you will all agree with me that we in Ghana are lucky to have one of our own, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, a minister and gender activist, who has worked tirelessly to close these gaps.
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