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Parliamentarians call for a national dialogue to develop strategies that will increase women's representation in the legislature.
The call follows a statement by Kumbungu MP Ras Mubarak, who deplored the low number of women in the House and urged the state to show leadership on the continent by encouraging women to participate in elections.
He urged the President to commission a study on why Ghanaian women do not run for political office and also instructed the women's caucus and their leaders to visit countries that have implemented a quota system. , to see how Ghana and the political parties could implement such a strategy.
According to him, the number of women in Parliament has remained static or decreased over the various parliaments since 1992 with a total of 1,455 men elected to deputies against 165 women.
Ras Mubarak argued that diversity makes better decisions and focuses on the meaning of democracy and justice in the country by building a more just society.
He asked why Ghanaian women did not rise to the challenge of challenging political positions when there was no evidence of official discrimination against candidates from any political party that it is in the country.
He said, "The under-representation of women in Parliament is a problem we inherited. a problem of our Parliament, a problem for all political parties and a national problem that should not be swept under the carpet. "
In his contribution, the MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, called for sincerity in the debate on such an important issue and the resolution to permanently address this trend.
He urged the House to take action on the Positive Action Bill and to seize this opportunity to set aside quotas for women's parliamentary seats, as well as to demonstrate in a concrete manner and demonstrate its commitment to Constitution in matters of parity.
"We represent the population, but does the makeup of this House reflect the fact that women make up the largest number of our population," he asks?
"There is nothing wrong with the two political parties that dominated the 4th The Republic reserves seats for women, especially in their strongholds of the next elections of 2020 ".
"The direct principle of state policy set out in Chapter 6 of the Constitution is very clear: we must ensure that women truly participate and encourage gender balance and the regions. We can not continue to pretend to talk about the issue of equity and gender equality, "he said.
1st Vice President Joseph Osei Owusu expressed surprise at comparisons between Ghana, which has a constitution that strongly believes in competition, and countries that use proportional representation to select members in Parliament.
According to him, adopting such strategies requires a constitutional amendment and political parties reserving seats for female candidates, while wondering whether this would be enough in Ghana's aggressive political environment.
"I encourage you all to continue the discussion and make proposals that can help to solve the problem."
"But political parties can do better by encouraging more women to participate in their internal elections."
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