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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Ghana recently passed a law reserving at least 10 of 104 parliamentary seats for women, revealed by YWCA workers in Washington. No women currently serve; previously, Mabel Dove held a seat but lost it during a U.S. visit amid a quick election. Fewer than 30 opposition members remain.
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WASHINGTON (ANP)
Ghana has recently passed a law authorizing at least 10 women to serve in the Parliament there. This fact was revealed by two Ghana YWCA workers currently visiting that country. Although there are presently no women in the Ghana Parliament, said Mrs. Thvra Case-ly-Hayford, there was once one, Mrs. Mabel Dove. While Mrs. Dove was visiting America on a leadership exchange grant, something important came up in their country necessitating a quick election, and their only woman representative was defeated.
Now under the new law, women can occupy at least 10 of the 104 seats provided for Parliament members. She further revealed that less than 30 members of their Parliament are members of the opposition party. It is hard to keep up with the opposition because many of them have joined with the other forces.
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Ghana
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new law authorizes at least 10 women to serve in the 104-seat parliament; less than 30 members of the opposition party, many of whom have joined other forces.
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Ghana has passed a law authorizing at least 10 women to serve in Parliament. This was revealed by two Ghana YWCA workers visiting the country. Although there are presently no women in the Ghana Parliament, there was once one, Mrs. Mabel Dove. While Mrs. Dove was visiting America on a leadership exchange grant, something important came up in their country necessitating a quick election, and their only woman representative was defeated. Under the new law, women can occupy at least 10 of the 104 seats provided for Parliament members. She further revealed that less than 30 members of their Parliament are members of the opposition party. It is hard to keep up with the opposition because many of them have joined with the other forces.