To address challenges relating to gender equality and women's empowerment, the Ashanti Region's Member of Parliament for Asokwa has proposed creating a parliament made up entirely of women.
According to Patricia Appeagyi, creating a female-only parliament, as is done in several other nations, would encourage discussion of gender equity and anti-discrimination measures.
She thinks that the action will also attract many Ghanaian women's attention to legislative proceedings.
The Asokwa representative noticed that many Ghanaian women only sometimes follow legislative proceedings, which she feels hinders the advancement of social and economic policies for women as well as women's empowerment.
According to Patricia Appeagyi, the women's organization will include members from several economic sectors to seek suggestions and concerns about promoting gender equality.
The politician made the suggestion during a town hall meeting in Kumasi that the women's sitting run during the lengthy break in parliament to allow time to address gender-related concerns.
When their parliament takes a protracted break, they organize parliamentary sessions solely for women, as was done in Argentina. We may take a look at the interests of the women, and then they can organize various committees and sectors, present problems, and seek answers, much like the current youth parliament. We will advance in all we do if we have a women's parliament, she continued, since it will raise awareness, foster engagement, and assure that.
In Ghana, gender equality and women's empowerment are pressing concerns that need to be addressed.
The establishment of the Gender Advocacy to Parliament in 2022 by Parliamentary Network Africa, a civil society parliamentary monitoring group, was done in order to encourage the approval of legislation and policies that would advance the social and economic advancement of women.
Sammy Obeng, Executive Director of Parliamentary Network Africa, asserts that the measure will aid in reversing the gender hierarchy.
Since 1960, we have never had a parliament with more than 15% female representation. This raises an alarm. By highlighting the accomplishments of certain women in the legislature, we may raise awareness of their efforts and inspire other women to run for office. A 30% quota system for women in leadership positions has been implemented in nations like Sierra Leone, even in the private sector.
Participants in the education, agriculture, health, lifestyle, and livelihood support organizations were brought together for a town hall meeting on gender advocacy in Parliament to discuss the empowerment and advocacy of women.
The forum's ideas and policies for women are highly desired by many of the women who attended.
Maud Abankwa, an assemblywoman from the Jamasi East electoral district, asks the government and other stakeholders to provide resources to help weak women.
"We need resources to support efforts to address problems faced by women in communities. "Every effort is useless if all we do is come and complain about our problems," she replied.
The French Embassy in Ghana provided sponsorship for the event.
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