Statistics from the population and housing census puts Ghana's female population at 51%.Currently, there are 36 women in Ghana's parliament and this represents 12.75 percent from both the majority and minority sides, a clear short of the 30 percent representation set by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
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Read: NDC women cannot be trusted; NPP MPs are 'bonking' them Haruna IddrisuThe figure is an increase of 7, as against the election 2012 figure of 29, where 133 women contested 102 parliamentary seats.Yet females are underrepresented in Ghana's legislature.The figure is worse and lacks representation regionally.
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Read: UN Secretary General calls on Ghana MPs to re-establish public trustThough the figure represents a slight increase from 29, some gender activists have complained that women's representation in the Legislature was still low, as it still fell short of the minimum UN recommended threshold of 30 per cent requirement, that was deemed satisfactory by activists at the Beijing Conference of 1995.
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Indeed, women's representation in Parliament has not been impressive since the country returned to constitutional rule in 1993.The First Parliament of the Fourth Republic had 16 women out of the 200 MPs, and the Second, Third and Fourth parliaments, saw a slight increase in the number of female parliamentarians.Below is a list of female MPs who form part of the 7th Parliament of Ghana's 4th Republic.
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Name of MP - Political party - ConstituencyTina Gifty Naa Ayeley Mensah - NPP - Weija GbaweSophia Karen Ackuaku - NDC - Domeabra/ObomShirley Ayorkor Botchway - NPP - Anyaa SowutuomSarah Adwoa Safo - NPP - Dome-KwabenyaNana Akua Owusu Afriyie - NPP - Ablekuma NorthUrsula Owusu Ekuful - NPP - Ablekuma West Dr.
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Zanetor Rawlings - NDC - Klottey KorleElizabeth Afoley Quaye - NPP - KroworLinda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo - NDC - Shai OsudokuComfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah - NDC - Ada EastNana Dokua Asiamah Adjei - NPP - AkropongMercy Adu-Gyamfi - NPP - AkwatiaGifty Twum Ampofo - NPP - Abuakwa NorthAbena Osei Asare - NPP - Atiwa EastBetty Mensah Nana Afua Krosby - NDC - Afram Plains NorthJoyce Adwoa Akoh Dei - NPP - Bosome FrehoAma Pomaa Boateng - NPP -
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JuabenFrancisca Oteng Mensah - NPP - Kwabre EastPatricia Appiagyei - NPP - AsokwaBarbara Asher Ayisi - NPP - Cape Coast NorthQueenstar Ama Pokua Sawyerr - NDC - Agona EastNaana Eyiah Quansah - NPP - Gomoa CentralCynthia Maamle Morrison - NPP - Agona WestAbena Durowaa Mensah - NPP - Assin NorthMavis Hawa Koomson - NPP - Awutu Senya EastAyamba Laddi Ayii - NDC - PusigaJoycelyn Tetteh - NDC - North DayiDella Sowah - NDC - KpandoHelen Adjoa Ntoso -
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NDC - Krachi WestAngela Oforiwaa Alorwu Tay - NDC - Afadjato SouthBernice Adiku Heloo - NDC - HohoeHajia Alima Mahama - NPP - Nalerigu/GambagaCatherine Abelema Afeku - NPP - Evalue Ajomoro- GwiraBarbara Oteng-Gyasi - NPP - Prestea Huni ValleyFreda Prempeh - NPP - Tano NorthLydia Seyram Alhassan - NPP - Ayasaso West Wuogon Source: Pulse.com.gh
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