The Gender Centre for Empowering Development (GenCED) has strongly condemned the growing cyberbullying and online harassment against young women Members of Parliament, particularly Hon. Millicent Amankwah Yeboah, Member of Parliament for Sunyani West.

The online comments have attempted to insult her competence and dignity, focusing on her speech and making unfair personal attacks, reflecting clear gender bias.

According to GenCED, this kind of online abuse discourages women from confidently participating in public and political discussions, creating a hostile digital environment that makes it difficult for women to fully contribute to national discourse. Recent reports show that online abuse is becoming widespread in Ghana, with 583 cases of online gender-based violence against women recorded between August 2024 and March 2025.

Ghana has laws that clearly criminalise cyber harassment, including the Cyber Crimes Act, 2025, and the Cybersecurity Act, 2020.

However, enforcement remains weak, and online abuse continues to increase.

GenCED is calling on law enforcement agencies to strictly apply cybercrime laws against offenders and for parliamentary leadership to publicly condemn cyberbullying against Members of Parliament.