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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Council of Ghana Women canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass organization
ⓘ
political organization ⓘ women's organization ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Convention People’s Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
increasing women’s representation in politics
ⓘ
integrating women into national development plans ⓘ |
| alignedWith | Convention People’s Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kwame Nkrumah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Kwame Nkrumah’s policies on women ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Hannah Kudjoe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Convention People’s Party women activists ⓘ |
| operatedIn | First Republic of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | political opponents of Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ |
| partOf | Convention People’s Party mass organizations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | left-wing ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early post-independence Ghana ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Convention People's Party