Politics of Wednesday, 9 December 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comMeet the female MPs who will be in Ghana’s Eighth ParliamentUrsula Owusu-Ekuful is one of the female MPs that will be at the 8th ParliamentThe eighth parliament of the Fourth Republic (7 January 2021 to 6 January 2025) will have 37 female Members of Parliament (MP). They will constitute 12.75 per cent of MPs. There were 36 women MPs in the 7th Parliament (2017-2021) initially, but Lydia Alhassan won the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, and that number increased to 37. There were 16 women MPs out of 200 MPs of the First Parliament of the Fourth Republic (eight percent). That number has seen a steady climb through the years to the 37 out of 275 (13 percent) that will occupy the eighth Parliament.

Source: GhanaWeb December 09, 2020 18:00 UTC