Author : Jette Bukh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:987183752
The village woman in Ghana
Jette Bukh
The Village Woman In Ghana
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The Village Woman in Ghana
Jette Bukh
Author : Jette Bukh
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9171061525
The Village Woman in Ghana by Jette Bukh Pdf
The Ewe is spread across the border between Ghana and Togo. Presents a case study of a village economy, Tsito.
Ghana
Shiyan Chao
Author : Shiyan Chao
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821345303
Ghana by Shiyan Chao Pdf
"Ghana is an extremely diverse country-ethnically, culturally, ecologically, and economically. Women and men play different roles, undertake different activities, and face different constraints. Gender-based differences in their activities and practices result from... existing gender inequalities. Because these gender differences are often fundamental to men and women's livelihoods, understanding them is essential to designing policies and projects that will effectively reduce gender inequalities and promote sustainable development." A growing body of literature indicates that reducing gender inequalities and increasing women's access to productive resources greatly improves both welfare and economic productivity. Despite recent gains in some areas, significant gender inequalities continue to limit women's capabilities and constrain their ability to participate in and contribute to Ghana's economy. This report examines key gender inequalities and gender-based differences in economic activities, opportunities, and constraints, focusing on two broad areas: the links between gender, economic productivity and poverty, and the development of human capital. It is the result of the World Bank's recognition of the need to understand gender issues in order to develop strategies to deal with them and support the government's program to develop a gender strategy. In addition, it is intended to further the dialogue between the Bank, the government, other donors, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) on how to reduce or eliminate gender-specific constraints on economic development in Ghana.
Development and Women's Reproductive Health in Ghana, 1920-1982
Holly Ashford
Author : Holly Ashford
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000801811
Development and Women's Reproductive Health in Ghana, 1920-1982 by Holly Ashford Pdf
This book investigates the history of women’s reproductive health in Ghana, arguing that between the 1920s and 1980s, it was largely driven by discourses of development and population control rather than a concern for women’s health or rights. Between the 1920s and 1980s, the choices that Ghanaian women made regarding their reproductive health were defined by development policy and practice. Spanning the colonial and immediate postcolonial periods, this book demonstrates that whilst the substance of development discourse shifted over time, principles of development continued to be used to impact and legitimise reproductive health policy and practices well after independence. The book explores Ghana’s pluralist health system, the introduction of maternal and child welfare, the dominance of the Red Cross in Ghana’s maternal and child health landscape, nationalist pronatalism and global population activism. In order to understand how global iterations of development and health policy impacted ordinary lives in Ghana, the author uses evidence from multiple ‘levels,’ including private papers, national archives and records of international and transnational organisations. Providing balanced archival perspectives, the book includes extensive oral history interviews carried out with both rural Ghanaian women and traditional birth attendants, as well as with midwives, doctors and family planning fieldworkers. This book will have an important impact on a number of historical fields including Ghanaian history, global health history, global histories of population and family planning and histories of development. It will be of interest to researchers and students in the history of public health, development, Africa, Ghana and gender.
King Peggy
Peggielene Bartels,Eleanor Herman
Author : Peggielene Bartels,Eleanor Herman
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307742810
King Peggy by Peggielene Bartels,Eleanor Herman Pdf
The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa. King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of American secretary, Peggielene Bartels, who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 people on Ghana's central coast, half a world away. Upon arriving for her crowning ceremony in beautiful Otuam, she discovers the dire reality: there's no running water, no doctor, no high school, and many of the village elders are stealing the town's funds. To make matters worse, her uncle (the late king) sits in a morgue awaiting a proper funeral in the royal palace, which is in ruins. Peggy's first two years as king of Otuam unfold in a way that is stranger than fiction. In the end, a deeply traditional African town is uplifted by the ambitions of its decidedly modern female king, and Peggy is herself transformed, from an ordinary secretary to the heart and hope of her community.
Maggie: The Life of a Little Girl in Ghana, Africa
Amy Brummit
Author : Amy Brummit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1504933753
Maggie: The Life of a Little Girl in Ghana, Africa by Amy Brummit Pdf
In a tiny village in Ghana, West Africa, lives a special little girl named Maggie. Maggie spends her days going to the market, fetching water, playing with her only doll, and drawing pictures in the dirt. Through her daily life, Maggie captivates those around her with her innocent smile and gentleness. This is an African story of typical village life, where strong community is built by helping one another, spending time together, and where children often share the work necessary to survive. Regardless of the daily hardships, the fine people of the village are always smiling and filled with gratitude. Author Amy Brummit's simple tale will have you falling in love with Maggie, while illustrator Camila Caceres' charming drawings bring the Ghanaian village to life.
Tales My Ghanaian Grandmother Told Me
Dzagbe Cudjoe
Author : Dzagbe Cudjoe
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781934925874
Tales My Ghanaian Grandmother Told Me by Dzagbe Cudjoe Pdf
Here is a selection of authentic stories from African myth and legend, retold by the author with interesting and unique twists. Although the origins are not necessarily known, the tales all center on the Ghanaian people, their culture, and beliefs. A very nice selection, creatively and warmly told.
Strategies for Farming Systems Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ecoregional Program for the Humid and SubHumid Tropics of Sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific Workshop
Author : Ecoregional Program for the Humid and SubHumid Tropics of Sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific Workshop
Publisher : IITA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9789781311857
Strategies for Farming Systems Development in Sub-Saharan Africa by Ecoregional Program for the Humid and SubHumid Tropics of Sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific Workshop Pdf
The Human Cost of African Migrations
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781135904425
The Human Cost of African Migrations by Anonim Pdf
Female Voices from an Ewe Dance-drumming Community in Ghana
James Burns
Author : James Burns
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351567169
Female Voices from an Ewe Dance-drumming Community in Ghana by James Burns Pdf
Ewe dance-drumming has been extensively studied throughout the history of ethnomusicology, but up to now there has not been a single study that addresses Ewe female musicians. James Burns redresses this deficiency through a detailed ethnography of a group of female musicians from the Dzigbordi community dance-drumming club from the rural town of Dzodze, located in South-Eastern Ghana. Dzigbordi was specifically chosen because of the author's long association with the group members, and because it is part of a genre known as adekede, or female songs of redress, where women musicians critique gender relations in society. Burns uses audio and video interviews, recordings of rehearsals and performances and detailed collaborative analyses of song texts, dance routines and performance practice to address important methodological shifts in ethnomusicology that outline a more humanistic perspective of music cultures. This perspective encompasses the inter-linkages between history, social processes and individual creative artists. The voices of Dzigbordi women provide us not only with a more complete picture of Ewe music-making, they further allow us to better understand the relationship between culture, social life and individual creativity. The book will therefore appeal to those interested in African Studies, Gender Studies and Oral Literature, as well as ethnomusicology. Includes a DVD documentary.
The Status of Women in Ghana (1985-1994)
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Women
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017725115
The Status of Women in Ghana (1985-1994) by Anonim Pdf
The Emancipation of Women
Florence Abena Dolphyne
Author : Florence Abena Dolphyne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X002050965
The Emancipation of Women by Florence Abena Dolphyne Pdf
A former head of the Ghana National Council of Women and Development here explains, from her experience in Ghana and other parts of Africa during the UN Decade for Women, what she believes women's emancipation means to women in Africa. Although discrimination against women is worldwide, she believes that because of differences in social, educational and cultural backgrounds, women have differing perceptions of the meaning of emancipation. She discusses pertinent issues such as traditional beliefs and practices which keep women subjugated, including bride-wealth, child marriage, polygamy, purdah, widowhood, inheritance of property, fertility and female circumcision. She also examines specific women-in-development activities, and the role of governmental, non-governmental and inter- governmental organizations.
Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana
Mensah Adinkrah
Author : Mensah Adinkrah
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782385615
Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana by Mensah Adinkrah Pdf
Witchcraft violence is a feature of many contemporary African societies. In Ghana, belief in witchcraft and the malignant activities of putative witches is prevalent. Purported witches are blamed for all manner of adversities including inexplicable illnesses and untimely deaths. As in other historical periods and other societies, in contemporary Ghana, alleged witches are typically female, elderly, poor, and marginalized. Childhood socialization in homes and schools, exposure to mass media, and other institutional mechanisms ensure that witchcraft beliefs are transmitted across generations and entrenched over time. This book provides a detailed account of Ghanaian witchcraft beliefs and practices and their role in fueling violent attacks on alleged witches by aggrieved individuals and vigilante groups.
Women Wielding the Hoe
Deborah Bryceson
Author : Deborah Bryceson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000325591
Women Wielding the Hoe by Deborah Bryceson Pdf
How effective is western aid-agency intervention in Africa? What can African women do to manage the AIDS crisis? Can western feminist theory be applied to the rural African context?These vital issues, and many others, are considered in this topical book by eminent scholars and development consultants. The book aims to increase awareness of the importance of women agricultural producers to African material development and to expose the western biases that have traditionally pervaded the study of rural African women. The authors' critical analyses of conventional research methodology and key 'women and development' debates over the last three decades will stimulate new research perspectives. Students and scholars of development, development workers and policymakers will all find this book fascinating reading.
Cosmopolitanism and Women’s Fashion in Ghana
Christopher L. Richards
Author : Christopher L. Richards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781000478556
Cosmopolitanism and Women’s Fashion in Ghana by Christopher L. Richards Pdf
Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, this book delves into the rich world of Ghanaian fashion, demonstrating how, over time, local dress styles and materials have been fused with global trends to create innovative, high fashion garments that reflect a distinctly Ghanaian cosmopolitanism. Ghana has a complex and diverse fashion culture which was in evidence before independence in 1957 and has continued to grow in reputation in the postcolonial period. In this book, Christopher Richards reflects on the contributions of the country’s female fashion designers, who have employed fashion to innovate existing, culturally relevant dress styles, challenge gendered forms of dress, and make bold statements regarding women’s sexuality. Treated as artworks, the book examines specific garments to illustrate the inherent complexity of their design and how fashion is often embedded with a blending of personal histories, cultural practices and global inspirations. Reflecting in particular on the works of Laura Quartey, Letitia Obeng, Juliana Kweifio-Okai, Beatrice Arthur and Aisha Ayensu, this book makes an important and timely contribution to art history, fashion studies, anthropology, history, women’s studies and African Studies. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
