Joyce Bamford-Addo
Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo, (an haife ta a ranar 26 Maris 1937). Barista kuma alkaliya ce 'yar Ghana wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin Kakakin Majalisar Ghana daga 2009 zuwa 2013. Matsayin shugaban majalisar ita ce ta uku mafi mahimmanci a Ghana. A baya ta kasance mai shari'a a kotun kolin Ghana. Bayan naɗa ta a bencin kotun koli, ta zama mace ta farko da ta zama mai shari'a a kotun kolin Ghana. Ta yi aiki a wannan rawar daga 1991 zuwa 2004 lokacin da ta yi ritaya. Haka kuma ita ce mace ta farko da ta taɓa zama shugabar majalisa a irin wannan matsayi a yankin [[Afirka ta Yamma|yammacin Afirka.] Yaƙin neman zaɓenta na ƙarfafa mata an nuna shi a yawancin tarurruka da bita a gida da waje.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi 

An haifi Joyce Bamford-Addo a cikin 1937 ga mahaifin Ingila da mahaifiyar Ghana daga Aburi, Joyce Bamford-Addo ta halarci Makarantar kwana ta St. Mary's Boarding of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) Boarding School, tare da 'yar uwarta Cynthia, a Cape Coast don karatun farko. Daga baya ta halarci makarantar Holy Child, kuma a Cape Coast don karatun sakandarenta. Ta tafi kasar Ingila domin samun horon shari'a. Ta shiga Haikali na ciki don horarwa a ƙarƙashin tsarin horarwa da aka sani da Inns of court kuma an kira ta zuwa Bar na Ingilishi a cikin 1961.

Sabis na shari'a 

Bamford-Addo ta koma Ghana bayan ta yi aiki a Burtaniya tsawon shekara guda. An kira ta zuwa Bar na Ghana a shekarar 1962. Ta fara aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar Lauyan Jiha a shekarar 1963 kuma ta samu karin girma zuwa Lauyan Jiha, sannan ta kara masa girma zuwa Babbar Lauyan Jiha kafin ta zama Babban Lauyan Jiha. Ta tashi ta zama Babban Lauyan Jiha a shekarar 1973. An naɗa ta Daraktar kararrakin jama’a a shekarar 1976, inda ta rike na tsawon shekaru 10.

Alkalin kotun kolin Ghana 
Jerry Rawlings kuma ya naɗa ta a matsayin Alkaliyar Kotun Koli a shekara ta 1991, inda ta zama mace ta farko mai shari'a a Kotun Koli ta Ghana.. Bayan ta yi aikin gwamnati na shekaru da yawa, ta yi ritaya da son rai daga Kotun Koli a watan Oktoba 2004. An yi zargin cewa ta yi ritaya ne saboda lokacin da aka yi watsi da ita ga karamar ta, Mai Shari’a George Kingsley Acquah, a naɗin Alkalin Alkalai.

Siyasa 

A cikin shekarar 1991, a lokacin ƙarshen mulkin Majalisar Tsaro ta ƙasa (PNDC), Bamford-Addo ta zama mataimakin kakakin majalisar ba da shawara ta Ghana na biyu, wanda aka kafa don tsara abin da ya zama kundin tsarin mulkin shekarar 1992.

Kakakin Majalisa 
Bayan zaɓen shugaban kasa da na 'yan majalisu na shekarar 2008, an zabe ta ba tare da hamayya ba a matsayin shugabar majalisar dokoki ta hudu ta jamhuriya ta hudu ta Ghana wacce ta karbi ragamar mulki daga hannun Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes, wadda ta kasance mace ta farko da ta hau wannan matsayi, kuma mace ta biyu da ta zama shugabar wani ɓangare na gwamnati bayan an nada Georgina Theodora Wood shugabar alkalan kotun kolin Ghana. Zaben ya kuma sa ta zama mace mafi girma a tarihin siyasar Ghana inda ta wuce Georgina Theodora Woods. Ta shahara a duk faɗin Afirka da ma duniya baki ɗaya tare da sauran masu magana mata kamar Betty Boothroyd a Burtaniya da Nancy Pelosi ta Amurka a matsayin mace ta farko da ta yi magana a ƙasashensu.

Kyaututtuka da karramawa 

Cibiyar nazarin tarihin rayuwar Amurka ta ba Bamford-Addo lambar yabo ce mafi kyawun mace a wannan shekara a cikin 2000 saboda himma da himma da himma ga al'amuran mata da karfafa mata. Ana la'akari da ita a matsayin mace mai bin doka da doka a Ghana kuma abin kwazo da abin koyi gabaɗaya ga matan Ghana. 

Kungiyar ‘yan kasuwan mata ta Ghana (GAWE) ce ta karrama ta a taron baje kolin kasuwanci na mata ‘yan kasuwa da saka hannun jari a Global Women Entrepreneur Business Fair a Accra a 2011 tare da sauran mata na farko a Ghana mai rike da mukamai mai shari'a Georgina Theodora Wood, mace ta farko mai shari'a, Anna Bossman, mace ta farko mai rikon mukamin kwamishiniyar hukumar kare hakkin bil'adama da adalci (CHRAJ) da Elizabeth Mills-Robertson, mace ta farko mai rikon mukamin Sufeto Janar na 'Yan sanda (IGP).

A cikin Oktoba 2011, Shugaba John Evans Atta Mills ya karrama ta tare da Abokin Order of Volta, mafi girma a cikin lambar yabo ta Volta, don jin daɗin hidimar da ta yi wa Ghana.

Rayuwa ta sirri 
Bamford-Addo Kirista ce mai ibada kuma tana bauta a matsayin Roman Katolika.

Duba kuma
Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
List of judges of the Supreme Court of Ghana
Supreme Court of Ghana

Manazarta

Hanyoyin haɗin waje
 Profile on Parliament of Ghana website

Haifaffun 1937
Rayayyun mutane 
Mutane daga Accra
Ɗalibar Holy Child High School, Ghana