Abstract: The demand for gender balance and elimination of all forms of discrimination against women has long been in existence in this country even before the 1995 women’s conference in Mexico. The 1995 Beijing conference aimed at eliminating all forms of discrimination against women in all sectors of societal existence. The 1995 Beijing conference brought the slogan “what men can do, women can do, and even do it better. The Global concern is women all over the world have long been relegated and underrated in decision making both in public and private sectors of the economy. However, upon all measures such as the Affirmation Plan of Action, equal right granted each one in the 1992 constitution of Ghana as well as efforts of NGOs and women organisations to help bring on board women on equal pedestal with men in all decision making processes has still not yielded the needed result of the 30-40% women representation in decision making both at the national and the local level of which Tamale Metropolis is no exemption. The study sought to identify the various constraints serving as barriers to women participation in local governance. The study therefore revealed that, the problems confronting women participation in local governance include inadequate financial support, inadequate leadership position and men dominance over women. In order to improve women participation in local governance, the study suggested that adequate support in terms of finance, women in local government reservation bill, capacity building and intensify public education should be put in place and reinforced in order to achieve the desired 30-40% women representation in decision making. It is the researchers hope that, if the recommendation put forward by the study is well implemented, women participation in local governance will be improved in the near future.
Keywords: Women Participation, Tamale Municipality, Northern Region of Ghana.
Title: Women Participation in the local governance: A case of Tamale Municipality in the Northern Region of Ghana
Author: Joseph Yaw Dwamena Quansah, Daniel Essien
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print)
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