Christabel Akoto-Manu
An in country report in Ghana on the monitoring of implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 shows that there have been an increase in the appointment of women in the judiciary as at compared to 2004
In the 23 page report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme ,the increase is due to structure appointment of judges that ensured adequate female reprensentation .
For instance, at February last year ,women represented 36.36 per cent of judges in the Supreme court .
The report said there are 19.23 per cent of Justices of Appeal, 17.24 per cent to High court judges, while circuit court has 33.3 per cent of female judges.
There are 35.14 per cent district court magistrate women.
Currently, there are 5,074 women as against 18,699 men in the Ghana Police Service and the sex ratio is approximately 1 female: 4 males .Out of this, there is a total of 131 females in ranks of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) as against 857 for men.
According to the findings , spearheaded by the Women Peacemakers Programme (WPP) ,2309 rape cases ,23956 assault cases ,541 criminal abortion cases ,46 compulsory marriages ,25 kidnapping cases ,253 attempted abortion cases ,298 attempted rape cases and 5927 threatening cases ,were recorded between the 2005 and 2009 as Gender Based Violence .
The results also disclosed that the few females in the military are professionals like doctors ,nurses and pharmacists and the junior rank had higher numbers of women serving auxiliary positions like cooks , cleaners , ward assistants and drivers .
A total of 389 female Police officers have been sent on peace-keeping missions as against 1,713, which represents 27 .7 per cent participation by women.
The UNSCE and WPP recommends that it is necessary to analyse the gender dimensions of the implementation of peace operations , policies ,legislations and funding in the existing strickencommunities like Alavanyo ,Dagbon ,Bawku among others .
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