GHANA-LABOR: UNDERSTANDING THE ROOTS OF GHANAS CHILD LABOURPortia Crowe
Even in the US, where most states adopt prohibitionist laws, the limited de facto immunity from prosecution in California presents a glimmer of hope. In South Africa, the Labour Appeals Court upheld a sex worker’s right against unfair dismissal although sex work is criminalised (Kylie v CCMA...
Labour unions have consented to their pension funds being incorporated into the government’s debt exchange plan. However, their optimism is tempered by doubts.
This study uses data from the Ghana living standards surveys with demographically enriched information to estimate female labour force participation and fertility models. We find that female schooling matters in both urban and rural localities; both primary and post-primary schooling levels exert ...
2.Freedom to act or judge on one's own:All the decisions were left to our discretion. 3.ArchaicThe ability or power to discern what is responsible or socially appropriate:"She had even condescended to advise him to marry as soon as he could, provided he chose with discretion"(Jane Auste...
The current Report examines the related issues of child labour and youth employment in the context of Ghana. Guided by observed outcomes in terms of schooling, work activities and status in the labour market, the report considers the economic as well as the social determinants of child labour an...
Further institutionalise APRM institutions by underpinning the Ghana NAPRM Governing Council and Secretariat by an act of parliament, rather than, as is now the case, resting them on Ghana's ascension to the NEPAD and APRM agreements at African level. 2. Deepen the independence of the NAP...
(2007). Multiple meanings of manhood among boys in Ghana. In T. Shefer, K. Ratele, A. Strebel, N. Shabalala, & R. Buikema (Eds.), From boys to men: Social construction of masculinity in contemporary society (pp. 50–74). Landsdowne, South Africa: UCT Press. Amnesty International. ...
labour force. This aspect of patriarchy is explicitly depicted inSangatiandThe Grip of Change. Bama’s personal account inSangatiis a historical document of the exploitation of the physical labour of women. She writes: “we have to labour in the fields as hard as men do, and then on the...
What was the relative weight of smuggling of cocoa beans from Cte d'Ivoire to Ghana compared to the real cocoa production increase in Ghana? What was the role of new cocoa production area compared to increasing cocoa yields? If yields increased, has there been any increased adoption of modern...