Women’s Situation Room Ghana congratulates Ghanaians

GNA – The Women’s Situation Room (WSR) Ghana has congratulated Ghanaians for the peaceful conduct of the December 7 general election.

The group, which consists of regional set of eminent Ghanaian women and public opinion leaders, together with their international counterparts from across Africa, have been involved in a peacebuilding process for about six months leading up to the December 7 polls.

“We acknowledge the contributions of all stakeholders to the peaceful electioneering… in Ghana,” WSR Ghana said at a press conference addressed by Professor Akua Kuenyehia, a Member of the Eminent Ghanaian Women.

“We thank the Electoral Commission for its professionalism and recommend that in announcing election results, there should be gender and disability analysis and the use of technology for the actual polling should be considered,” Prof Kuenyehia said.

She expressed gratitude to all party leaders for their commitment to a peaceful process and recommended that more women would be added at all levels of their parties’ structures and as candidates for parliamentary elections in future polls.

She urged political parties to continue to engage eminent women on issues of national development and peaceful co-existence.

“We thank our donor organisations, especially, the United Nations Development Organisation (UNDP), UN Women, UNOWAS, African Women’s Development Fund, the Canadian and Norwegian governments,” Prof Kuenyehia said.

Prof Kuenyehia said: “We are pleased with the level of responsiveness of all parties involved in this year’s election and as mothers, we are happy that Ghana was not plunged into chaos. We urge all to keep it up.

“The WSR will continue to engage the youth and other stakeholders in its peacebuilding efforts to help mitigate conflict, before, during and after elections in different parts of Africa as the peace of this continent is in our hands.”

The WSR deployed 400 observers across the country to monitor and report on issues related to violence, anomaly or violence against women.

Additionally, WSR Ghana engaged 120 focal persons across the country to standby to respond to issues referred to them.

About 250 cases were reported by Ghanaians from different parts of the country, including violence without gunshots, voters’ agitation, electoral processes and logistics.

The WSR Ghana list of Eminent Ghanaian Women include Ms Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, Prof Ama Ata Aidoo, Ms Afi Yakubu, Hajia Safuratu M. Andabi, Naa Koteitsoo Afrasomanaso I, Ms Sabina Ofori Boateng and Prof Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu.

The WSR African Eminent Women include Councillor Yvette Chesson-Wureh, Initiator, WSR, Rev Canon Diana Mirembe Nkesiga, Ms Turrie Akerele Ismali, Councillor Christiana Tah, Hajia Alari Awuhantu Cole and Mrs Juliet Kaira Chibuta.

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