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Minister participates in national dialogue on affirmative action and female leadership
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The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection,Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, participated in the National Dialogue on Affirmative Action and Breakfast Forum held on March 28,2025, an Initiative by Glitz Africa Magazine.
The event, themed “Strengthening Female Leadership and Policy Influence,” brought together high-level female leaders and policy influencers from Ghana and beyond to discuss practical ways of enhancing women’s participation in leadership and governance.
Speaking at the forum, the Minister described the conversation as both timely and necessary, especially in the wake of Ghana’s recent passage of the Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act, 2024 (Act 1121).
She noted that the law, passed after nearly two decades of advocacy, is not just a document but a national commitment to ensuring that women are no longer underrepresented or unheard in decision-making spaces.
She shared key highlights from her recent participation in the ECOWAS High-Level Interactive Session during the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) in New York, where it was revealed that at the current global pace, it could take over 100 years to bridge the gender gap.
Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey expressed optimism that platforms like the National Dialogue, which bring together seasoned leaders and emerging changemakers, have the potential to accelerate progress and reduce that timeline significantly.
In outlining Ghana’s steps toward implementing the Affirmative Action Act, she disclosed that H.E. John Dramani Mahama’s Government, through the Ministry of Gender, is finalizing the Legislative Instrument to support enforcement of the law, establishing a Gender Equity Committee to oversee compliance, and working towards meeting the 30% minimum quota for women in all political appointments.
The Minister further called for a collective national effort to strengthen female leadership through institutional commitment, intergenerational mentorship, and strong accountability mechanisms to ensure that the law does not remain on paper.
She emphasized that leadership should not be defined by gender, but by competence, vision, and inclusivity.
The Minister concluded her remarks with a call to action, urging all stakeholders to push for more women in leadership, challenge societal biases, and work toward achieving full gender parity in policy-making.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned people seeking teaching jobs not to pay anyone who promises to help them secure recruitment into the service.
The Service said recruitment into GES is free and advised applicants to ignore calls and messages from people claiming to be GES officers and demanding money in exchange for employment.
In a statement issued on Monday, July 28, 2026, and signed by the Head of Public Relations, Daniel Fenyi, GES urged applicants who receive such calls or messages to report the matter to the police.
The statement also announced that regional postings for successful applicants are now available on the GES recruitment portal.
According to GES, successful applicants should log in to the portal with their vouchers to check their posting details at no cost.
It said applicants who have been posted are expected to report to their respective Regional Education Offices from August 7, 2026, to begin the onboarding process.
GES thanked all applicants for their cooperation throughout the recruitment exercise.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Legal practitioner and Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has weighed in on the Supreme Court’s decision declaring the delegate system used by political parties unconstitutional, warning that the ruling raises fundamental questions about democracy and party funding.
In a post on Facebook reacting to the landmark 5-2 majority decision, Bentil argued that representation is the foundation of democracy.
“All democracy is representative. That’s why we have parliament instead of all citizens meeting to make laws,” he wrote.
He stated that “A suggestion that representation is unconstitutional is quite weird.”
The Supreme Court ruled that political parties can no longer rely solely on a limited number of delegates to elect presidential and parliamentary candidates on Wednesday.
The Court ordered that all registered, card-bearing members of a party must be allowed to vote in primaries, effectively introducing a “One Member, One Vote” system for internal party elections.
The ruling means the NPP, NDC and all other registered parties will have to organize primaries involving millions of members instead of a few thousand delegates.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
