Madam Adwoa Kluvitse, the Country Director of ActionAid Ghana, has downplayed the nomination of women by some political parties as their running mates saying "it is not an achievement to choose women as running mates…what we want is the passage of affirmative action law".
She said the minimum acceptable level at which Ghana could pat itself at the back was to give 30 percent representation to women at all levels of decision making.
Mad Kluvitse told the GNA in an interview that women constituted more than 51 percent of the population and they must be equally represented.
She was commenting on the nomination of women as running mates to some political parties for the December 7 elections. The Progressive People's Party, the Peoples National Convention and the Convention People's Party have made women the running mates of presidential candidates.
"We want the passage of affirmative action law that will tackle problems relating to women, children and the vulnerable in society and when that is achieved, we can then jubilate", she said.
Madam Kluvitse, whose organization has been championing and advocating for women and the vulnerable, said good structures and foundation had not been given to women making some women lacking the courage and confidence to compete with men.
She called for a quota of women to be given positions in the district assemblies and building the capacities of women.
Source: GNA
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