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SDG Blog 5: Gender inequality in Ghana.

     In 2015, United Nations set 17 Sustainable Development Goals to achieve with its member. Among

 those Sustainable Development Goals, I chose number 5 (Achieve Gender’s equality and empower

 women). Ghana is a country located in western Africa. It has 47 different local languages, and it is rich

 in diversity. The findings show that there are a lot of obstacles for women in Ghanaian societies. The

 research suggested that women have lower literacy rates, lower participation in official jobs, lower rate

 of women participate in tertiary education (Burgess & Ayentimi, 2020).

   In recent years, the Ghanaian government is working to reduce the gender gap. Psychological violence is high in Ghana, female is engaged in unpaid domestic works. But in recent years Ghana has made progress in addressing early child marriages (United Nations Partnerships for SDGs Platform, n.d.). To address the issue of early child marriage they planned a framework, prioritize the establishment of an advisory committee, set up a different network for sharing the experiences, utilized the Ghanaian popular personalities as a goodwill ambassador. They also worked for women's participation in leadership roles and professional works. They appointed more women candidates as a chief executive of local government. This step involved women in the decision-making process and encouraged others too. 

 Conclusion: The Ghanaian government is working on United Nations 2030 SDG agenda and they have also reported their progress actively. It has shown its commitment towards achieving the goals by decreasing the gender gap. They have addressed all the barriers and obstacles for women bypassing the law called Affirmative Action Bill. The law ensures and protects gender balance from the government officials to the official bodies. 

References: 

Burgess, J., & Ayentimi, D. T. (2020, March 6). Women in Ghana: progress, but important challenges remain. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/women-in-ghana-progress-but-important-challenges-remain-130065. 

United Nations Partnerships for SDGs platform. (n.d.). Ghana. Retrieved April 1, 2021, from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/23420Ghanas_VNR_report_Final

 

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  1. Kiara L.April 2, 2021 at 9:09 PM

    One thing I know a lot of African countries women or to be seen not heard and take care of their husband. But I have seen this shift in a lot of African countries where men are starting to respect their African women counterparts more and treat them as equals. Ghana women who have low educational level it has no surprising effect on because that's very similar to the other countries that I've seen. I did not know Ghana speak over 47 different languages another heavily diverse. I like the fact that they're trying to stop child marriages by putting in framework an establishing advocacy committee and in doing other things as expressing in voicing their opinions about it. But it's nice to see they're taking steps towards making women there equals then there just seen to be heard. I also wonder how are they going to educate young children like specially the young girls how to be treated and teach the young boys of how to treat women when they get older .

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