Women's participation in local government : a case study of Akatsi South District Assembly of the Volta region of Ghana

2017

Master's thesis Global development and planning UT505 - University of Agder 2017 Decentralization is acknowledged to be one of the most suitable forms of governance that makes room for greater participation of the citizenry for good governance and participatory democracy worldwide. Equitable participation of both genders in politics and governance is essential to building and sustaining this democracy and Ghana is not an exemption. However, this equitable participation of women in local governance in Africa is disheartening. This thesis was conducted to examine the extent of women participation in local governance in the Akatsi South District of Ghana. Mixed methodology was employed in the …