Attacks on Lordina Mahama, Samira Bawumia reinforce unequal power – Victoria Hamah

Founder of the Progressive Organisation for Women’s Advancement (POWA), Dr Victoria Lakshmi Hamah, has condemned personal attacks, insults and gendered mockery directed at First Lady Lordina Mahama and former Second Lady Samira Bawumia, arguing that such attacks reinforce the unequal power structures limiting women’s collective political influence in Ghana.” She said the issue reflected a broader pattern in which prominent women are subjected to personal humiliation in public and political life, diverting attention from structural challenges including inadequate political representation, economic inequality, violence against women and girls, unequal access to opportunities and unpaid care burdens.

In a press statement issued on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, and titled “When Women Divide, Unequal Power Wins: POWA Calls for an End to Gendered Attacks on Lordina Mahama and Samira Bawumia,” Dr Hamah said political differences between the two women should not become a basis for turning women against one another.