The Parliament of Ghana has passed the Affirmative Action Bill into law.
The bill which has been in Parliament for a while was successfully passed on July 30, 2024.
The Affirmative Action Gender Equity Bill seeks to secure a significant presence of women in vital roles within governance, decision-making and public life and more importantly, enhancing the quality of life for women nationwide.
It also aims to ensure gender equity in both the public and private sectors.
The minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Darkoa Newman moved the motion for the passage and the vote in the House.
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Speaking on the passage of the bill in parliament, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin added that a lot is still left to be done to ensure true equity among the genders.
“Don’t just celebrate and don’t really put in place the vision that we have created for the country. But more importantly, I hope that members will commit themselves to the constitutional reforms. We need to do more to be able to create this free and just society we are looking for to liberate more of our women to be able to support us to be able to develop mother Ghana,” he said.
About the law
The law also aims to foster initiatives to rectify socio-cultural, political, economic, and educational gender disparities in both private and public sectors, as outlined in Clause 4 of Article 17 of the 1992 Constitution.
This passage is under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which is to steadily boost the involvement of women in public life, reaching a minimum of 30 per cent participation by 2030.
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By: Racheal Boateng
