Magistrate Court judge and Queenmother of Bake, Afetornyonufia, Ho Bankoe of the Asogli State, Mama Bobi III, has appealed for the inclusion of queenmothers in Ghana's traditional leadership structures, particularly the National House of Chiefs, arguing that true gender equity cannot be achieved without cultural reform at the highest levels.

Speaking during a panel discussion at a national dialogue on the implementation of Ghana's Affirmative Action Act held in Accra on Tuesday, June 24, Mama Bobi III lamented the longstanding exclusion of queenmothers from meaningful participation in traditional governance. "For the past three years that I have been a queenmother, what I see is disheartening.

Chiefs and the people do not see queenmothers as chiefs enough.

They believe we are only complementary objects of beautification," she said.