General News of Sunday, 13 December 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comWomen are underrepresented in Ghana’s political life – EU Election Observation MissionParliament of GhanaThe European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) following their monitoring of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana has concluded that women are significantly underrepresented in the country’s political life. “Women are significantly underrepresented in political life: the New Patriotic Party (NPP) fielded only 24 female candidates while the NDC ran with just 22 in 275 constituencies. Perceived traditional roles of women, and, often, a lack of financial resources, contribute to the problem. On a positive note, for the first time, one of the two main parties’ presidential candidates (NDC) chose a woman as running mate,” portions of the preliminary statement read. The Election Observation Mission, in summary, noted that Monday, December 7, 2020 election was “organized in an efficient and transparent manner, and voters participated freely,” despite some incidence of violence.

Source: GhanaWeb December 13, 2020 12:56 UTC