Daughters who are taking after their political fathers by going to parliament
When Ghana’s 8th Parliament is sworn in, at the midnight of January 6, 2020, 39 of its members will be women.
Among the women who emerged winners in the 2020 parliamentary elections, a unique category of the female political class has been created consisting of daughters who have successfully succeeded their fathers in the political arena.
Read about the four female Members of Parliament elect who have succeeded their fathers in politics below:
Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings:
At the back of her father’s death just a little under a month to the December 7, 2020, general elections, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings, the daughter of Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings was able to earn her second term in parliament despite the effects of her father’s death on her campaign.