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Among women in the poorest households, only 57.4% have ever registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme, as compared with 74.2% of women in the richest households in Ghana. [15] Women in urban areas also had higher registration rates than women in rural areas (70.9% and 66.3%, respectively). [ 15 ]
The ministry in 2011 celebrated International Women's Day in Accra. During the celebration, the maiden Ghana Women of Excellence Awards was held at the Accra International Conference Centre. The awards day was themed ‘Empowering the Ghanaian Woman for National Development’. 34 Ghanaian women were honoured at the ceremony for their ...
The Gender Centre successfully conducted the Nkyinkyim Anti-Violence Project, [5] which began in 1998 and continues today. The project aims to abolish violence against women through conducting community-based research and pursuing a grassroots approach in which meetings with traditional leaders, religious leaders, and community members lead to local teams responsible for raising awareness ...
Less than 15% of Ghana's 275-member parliament are women, below the 30% target set out by the United Nations for all countries. The country was ranked 119th in a June report on the global gender ...
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is a Ghanaian governing body established to report to the presidency. [1] The GSS conducts Population and Housing Census in the country. [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Women in Ghana" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view ...
The Ark Foundation is an NGO that seeks to address women’s human rights in Ghana. Dwamena-Aboagye established the first shelter for battered women in Ghana and also set up a crisis centre, with a legal centre and a counselling centre to render sexual and gender based violence and child abuse services in different locations in Ghana, she is ...
The Women's Manifesto for Ghana was released at the Accra International Conference Centre on 2 September 2004. The document gained wide publicity despite the government's release of a new gender policy on the previous day. [ 1 ]