National Council of Ghana Women

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The National Council of Ghana Women was the main women’s organization aligned with Kwame Nkrumah’s Convention People’s Party, promoting women’s political participation and social advancement in Ghana’s early post-independence era.

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National Council of Ghana Women canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mass organization ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
women's organization ⓘ
affiliatedWith Convention People’s Party ⓘ
aimedAt increasing women’s representation in politics ⓘ
integrating women into national development plans ⓘ
alignedWith Convention People’s Party ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah in 1966 ⓘ
fieldOfWork gender equality ⓘ
political mobilization ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ
women’s rights ⓘ
focusesOn market women ⓘ
rural women ⓘ
urban women ⓘ
women workers ⓘ
foundedBy Convention People’s Party ⓘ
Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
hasActivity campaigns for legal and social reforms ⓘ
leadership training for women ⓘ
political education of women ⓘ
voter mobilization ⓘ
hasImpactOn development of women’s movements in Ghana ⓘ
institutionalization of women’s political participation in Ghana ⓘ
hasPoliticalRole women’s wing of the Convention People’s Party ⓘ
hasPurpose advancement of women’s social status ⓘ
mobilization of women for national development ⓘ
promotion of women’s political participation ⓘ
support for Convention People’s Party policies ⓘ
historicalContext post-colonial nation-building in Ghana ⓘ
ideology African socialism ⓘ
Nkrumahism ⓘ
linked to: African socialism
inception 20th century ⓘ
influencedBy Kwame Nkrumah’s policies on women ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn Ghana ⓘ
namedAfter Ghana ⓘ
notableMember Hannah Kudjoe ⓘ
other Convention People’s Party women activists ⓘ
operatedIn First Republic of Ghana ⓘ
opposedBy political opponents of Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
partOf Convention People’s Party mass organizations ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
timePeriod early post-independence Ghana ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Convention People's Party → womenWing → National Council of Ghana Women ⓘ
subject linked to: Convention People’s Party