Gender equality policies for sustainable development: A Ghanaian experience.

Abstract

Gender equality is a fundamental development objective, and is essential to enabling women and men to participate equally in society and in the economy. It’s a strategy for reducingpoverty levels, social injustices among women and men, improving health standards and enhancing efficiency of public and private sector investments and domestic finance. Thus,achieving gender equality is regarded as the attainment of human rights and a pre-requisite for sustainable development. The objectives of the study were identifying the various genderpolicies , laws in the country and their impact on sustainability.Literature Search method was applied. Although not much had been achieved regarding the targets, results indicatea decline in the poverty gap ratio, increase in election of women to Parliament and District Assemblies, gender parity, etc. For effective implementation of the National Gender Policy,the government has set up national machinery which is well connectedto all relevant and necessary stakeholders needed and required for carrying out Gender Equality and WomenEmpowerment.This will make it possible for the Ghanaian economy to reap the full gender equality benefit towards a sustainable development.