Constitution of the Republic of Ghana 1992, as amended to 1996
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
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    (1) All persons shall be equal before the law.
    (2) A person shall not be discriminated against on grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnic origin, religion, creed or social or economic status.
    (3) For the purposes of this article, "discriminate" means to give different treatment to different persons attributable only or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, gender, occupation, religion or creed, whereby persons of one description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another description which are not granted of persons of another description are not made subject or are granted privileges or advantages which are not granted to persons of another description.
    (4) Nothing in this article shall prevent Parliament from enacting laws that are reasonably necessary to provide-
    (a) for the implementation of policies and programmes aimed at redressing social, economic or educational imbalance in the Ghanaian society;
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    (d) for making different provision for different communities having regard to their special circumstances not being provision which is inconsistent with the spirit of this Constitution.
    ... (Art. 17)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
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    (5) The State shall actively promote the integration of the peoples of Ghana and prohibit discrimination and prejudice on the grounds of place of origin, circumstances of birth, ethnic origin, gender or religion, creed or other beliefs.
    (6) Towards the achievement of the objectives stated in clause (5) of this article, the State shall take appropriate measures to—

    (b) achieve reasonable regional and gender balance in recruitment and appointment to public offices;
    … (Art. 35)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
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    (6) The State shall afford equality of economic opportunity to all citizens; and, in particular, the State shall take all necessary steps so as to ensure the full integration of women into the mainstream of the economic development of Ghana.
    … (Art. 36)
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