{"id":274714,"date":"2011-01-23T19:12:15","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T19:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=49090"},"modified":"2011-01-23T19:12:15","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T19:12:15","slug":"no-female-candidate-got-elected-in-jomoro-assembly-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/23\/no-female-candidate-got-elected-in-jomoro-assembly-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"No female candidate got elected in Jomoro Assembly elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-27363\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/10\/28\/blows-in-parliament-mps-trade-insults-at-car-park\/parliament\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-27363\" title=\"Parliament\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Parliament.jpg\" alt=\"Parliament\" width=\"230\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a>The expectations of Women Advocacy  Groups in the country, to have more women representation in the district  Assembly, did not materialise in the Jomoro district, as no woman won a  seat during the District Assembly Election, held in December, last  year.<br \/>\nA survey conducted by the Ghana News Agency in the  Jomoro District revealed that, all the three female candidates, who  contested the election in the district lost to their male counterparts.<br \/>\nAccording to the survey, if no woman is considered in the  government appointees by the authorities of the district, the 34-member  Assembly will be without any woman for the next four years.<br \/>\nThe survey further revealed that, since the District Assembly concept  was introduced in 1988, only two women have won elections in the Jomoro  district to represent the people at the Assembly.<br \/>\nThey were  madam Mary Asane-Kwaw Nyanda, for Adonwozo Electoral area, in Half  Assini, in 1988, and Ms Veronica Cudjoe, for Mpataba Electoral Area, in  1998.<br \/>\nSince then, no woman has ever won the District  Assembly election, however Madam Samiah Yaba Nkrumah, daughter of  Osagyfo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana, is representing the  people in Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The expectations of Women Advocacy Groups in the country, to have more women representation in the district Assembly, did not materialise in the Jomoro district, as no woman won a seat during the District Assembly Election, held in December, last year. 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