The lack of gender-responsive governance has accounted for the political and socio-economic inequalities face by women in the country, the Network of Women's Right (NETRIGHT) has observed.
Consequently, the head of Secretariat of NETRIGHT, Mrs Patricia Blankson, is advocating actions to advance gender-responsive governance in the country.
Mrs Blankson made the recommendation in Accra yesterday at a stakeholders' forum, to discuss 'gender and social inclusion' analysis of political party manifestos in the just ended election.
Dubbed; 'Advancing Gender Responsive Governance and Inclusion Democracy in Ghana,' the forum was organised by NETRIGHT in partnership with STAR GHANA FOUNDATION and Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. "As stated by the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 7, 2019), women are disproportionately affected by poverty, with 31 per cent of women living below the poverty line compared to 24 per cent of men." Furthermore, women account for the majority of those employed in informal and vulnerable jobs, often without access to social protection or decision-making influence," she said.
