Dr Harrison Kofi Belley, the Head of the Department of Governance Studies at Evangelical Presbyterian University College (EPUC) in Ho, has called for more support for women to participate in decision-making and governance processes in the country.

He said women’s participation and representation in the decision-making and governance processes of the country was paramount to enhancing development.

Dr Belley, speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, urged the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to offer the necessary support to women and encourage them to take up more political positions in the country.

He said the low level of participation of women in the upcoming district assembly election, was a worrying situation.

The Governance Expert, however, said the situation could be attributed to factors, including a lack of a conducive environment and an equal level playing field for women.

Dr Belley also mentioned stigmatisation and the notion that politics was not for women but fo
r men as another factor, hindering and discouraging women from vying for political positions.

Monetisation of the politics, the Lecturer said was another contributing factor to women’s inability to participate in the electoral process of the country, as most of them did not have the financial capability.

Dr Belley said conscious effort must be made to motivate women, and build their capacity and confidence level so they could participate more in the governance processes of the country.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Madam Kate Gyamfuah, the National Women’s Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), said the NPP-led Government has brought greater relief to women than any other government in Ghana’s history.

Through its pro-poor policies such as the Free Senior School, Planting for Food and Jobs, Ghana School Feeding Programme and the One District One Factory initiatives, women have received support in diverse ways to improve their livelihoods and well-being.

She, therefore, called on the party faithful, particularly the women, to work harder than before to retain the Government in power for the continuation of its pro-poor policies.

That would benefit the vulnerable and the poor in society by changing their lifestyle and also living decently, Madam Gyamfua told the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Accra on Friday.

‘Voting for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be a vote for insensitivity, hardship and visionless government,’ she said.

‘Many Ghanaian women who wouldn’t have been able to send their chil
dren to senior high school due to high fees are now saving some money for other economic ventures as a result of the Free SHS’

More than 5,000 women caterers had been employed to provide meals to basic school pupils under the School Feeding Programme, while women farmers had also benefitted from the Planting for Food and Jobs to boost food security and generate sustainable income.

‘Let me urge all women to take advantage of these policies to address issues of malnutrition, hunger and food security in the country’, Madam Gyamfuah said.

On the party’s parliamentary primary, she called on the aspirants to conduct their campaigns peacefully, devoid of insults and name-calling.

‘We all belong to the elephant family so let’s unite and fight for a common goal…, which is victory in 2024.’

Source: Ghana News Agency