Title: The challenges of women participation in local governance : the case of Accra and Tamale metropolitan assemblies

Authors: Mahamadu, Abdul-Razak

Place: [Bergen

Publisher: University of Bergen. Bergen open research archive (BORA-UiB)]

Year: 2010

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: local government, history, municipal government, women in politics, political representation, ghana

Abstract: Qualitative data and statistics of female councilors from 1994 to 2006 in Tamale and Accra are used to assess the factors that may be accountable for their small numbers as compared to their male counterparts. In addition, the history and structure of local governance in Ghana is described.

URL: https://bora.uib.no/bitstream/1956/4066/1/71958799.pdf

Document type: Portal