Gender, Culture, and Inequality in Ghana: An Examination of Sociocultural Determinants of Gender DisparityThe gender gaps that exist in education, income, poverty, access to health and wealth, inheritance, and household decision-making has been reported widely in Ghana and in Africa. There is ...
The phenomenon of sex-segregation in the labour market continues to exist in a growing economy such as Ghana. The sex-based traditional occupational system of the economic sector is deeply rooted in the beliefs systems of the people. And so, the gender division of labour continues to define ...
In postcolonial societies, emancipation and empowerment are often dialectically situated within colonial discourses of oppression and disempowerment. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the potential of religious institutions to contribute positively to women's liberation is highly debatable. In particular, women's ...
assumptions essentialize women’s and men’s characteristics, narrowly diagnose the causes of gender inequality, and thereby propel strategies that have unintended and even counterproductive consequences. We offer four suggestions for a more informed pursuit of gender equality in climate change policy and...
Ghana Priorities: Gender Read more Technical Report Ghana Priorities: Maternal and Child Health Read more Technical Report Ghana Priorities: Nutrition Read more Andhra Pradesh Priorities: Maternal & Child Health, Shariff Read more Andhra Pradesh Priorities: Crime & Violence, Raghavendran ...
This study extends existing knowledge by assessing gender inequality in household food (in) security among small-holder farm households in urban and rural areas of South Africa. In doing-so, we use the gender of the head of household and treatment effects framework. Our results show that male-...
They are also needed to revert interventions centered on heteronormativity that promote gender inequality [19], distortion in the understanding of sexual orientation, discrimination against peers with different sexual orientations [7], and the development of stereotypes [20]. This kind of approximation ...
There is evidence that the food consumption and nutrients intake of rural-urban migrants are lower than that of local urban residents [5,6], indicating that migrants are a disadvantaged group living in urban areas. There is, therefore, a pressing need to understand drivers of inequality and ...
in 2020, two out of three were women. Cancer is a leading cause of mortality in women and many die in their prime of life, leaving behind an estimated 1 million children in 2020 alone," says Dr. Verna Vanderpuye senior consultant at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana and co-chair ...
2022). The danger of misinterpreting the results of an evaluation has also been emphasized since it can lead to overlooking the complexity of gender inequality realities. For instance, an increase in reports of gender-related violence after an intervention does not necessarily indicate a rise in ...