down. Women's rights Feminist efforts Feminist organizing has increased in Ghana as women seek to obtain a stronger role in their democratic government. In 2004, a coalition of women created the Women's Manifesto for Ghana, a document that demands economic and political equality as well as reproductive health care and other rights. Within this idea of gender inequality comes other problems such as patrilineal and matrilineal inheritance, equal education, wage gaps, and social norms and assigned roles for women. These are some of the main issues Ghanaian women face. The practice of gender mainstreaming has been debated in Ghana. There is ongoing discourse over whether gender issues should be handled at the national level or by sector ministries and where the economic resources for the women's movement in Ghana should come from. Further, critics of gender mainstreaming argue that the system increases bureaucracy and that it has moved funds and energy away from work for women's rights. The women's movement in Ghana has adopted an attitude towards gender mainstreaming that is much aligned with that of the international women's movement, which is best summarized in a 2004 AWID newsletter: "Mainstreaming [should be] highlighted along with the empowerment of women" and "it appears worthwhile to pick up the empowerment of women again and bring it back to the forefront." The NCWD is fervent in its stance that the social and economic well-being of women, who compose slightly more than half of the nation's population, cannot be taken for granted. The Council sponsored a number of studies on women's work, education, and training, and on family issues that are relevant in the design and execution of policies for the improvement of the condition of women. Among these considerations the NCWD stressed family planning, child care, and female education as paramount. Notable Ghanaian women Ama Ata Aidoo Theodosia Okoh Yaa Asantewaa Farida Bedwei Esther Afua Ocloo Angela Dwamena-Aboagye Alice Annum Kate Quartey-Papafio Sophia Akuffo Yaba Badoe Dzodzi Tsikata Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang Mabel Dove Danquah Samira Bawumia Hanna Tetteh Nana Oye Lithur Akua Sena Dansua Rose Mensah-Kutin Georgina Theodora Wood Hannah Kudjoe Sally Mugabe Takyiwaa Manuh Samia Nkrumah Joyce Adwoa Akoh Dei Abena Durowaa Mensah References Feminism in Ghana Ghana