Ghanaian Traditional Women Leaders and Sustainable Development: The Case of Nadowli Districts in Northern Part of Ghana

Odame, Felicia Safoa

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2205435

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“…Every society has laid down rules and regulations embedded in their culture; these norms regulate their way of life as well as control their attitude and behaviour [19]. Any deviation from these norms are frowned upon by members of that society.…”

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Living as an infertile woman: the case of southern and northern Ghana

Ofosu-Budu

Hänninen

2020

Reprod Health

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Background: Infertility is detrimental to the health of married couples, especially women. Despite the consequences associated with the condition, little is done to reduce the repercussions. This study throws more light on the lived experiences of infertile women and on how they can be helped to improve their own condition. Methodology: We interviewed 30 infertile married women in the Northern and Ashanti regions of Ghana, 15 from each region. A qualitative method, phenomenological study design and thematic analysis was employed to explore their lived experiences. Results: Due the huge stigma, some women reported that their loved ones encouraged them to try to conceive. Others revealed that, they were considering relocating from their current communities to reduce the insults, intense pressure, stress, and stigma. Though some revealed maltreatment from their husbands and in-laws, others stated their husbands disclosed their fertility status to their own family members to avoid these families pressuring these women. Conclusions: To reduce the stigma, pronatalist societies urgently need education and sensitization. Would-be couples should be counselled to have a plan to deal with such occurrences should they experience them.

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Living as an infertile woman: the case of southern and northern Ghana

Ofosu-Budu

Hänninen

2020

Reprod Health

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“…Although several attempts were made to include females in the study, no female respondent was successfully interviewed, partly because questions were explanatory in nature and also because of the lack of motivation of women participants since generally in village matters, women do not have much opportunity to participate. Ghanaian women are strictly under the authority of men for much of their lives, initially their father and then their husbands (Odame, 2014). Traditional systems of political authority were and remain largely patriarchal.…”

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Evaluating Effective Public Participation in Disaster Management and Climate Change Adaptation: Insights From Northern Ghana Through a User-Based Approach

Samaddar¹,

Yokomatsu²,

Dayour³

et al. 2015

Risk, Hazards &Amp; Crisis in Public Policy

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Public participation in disaster risk management and climate change adaptation program is acknowledged by researchers and practitioners, yet its actualization largely remains a dream. In principle, there have been several claims in favor of adopting community participation, albeit these remain anecdotal without empirical substance. The few apparent success stories are seldom scaled up or replicated, compelling most enthusiastic practitioners and planners become skeptical about the use of public participation concept in disaster management strategies. This calls for a comprehensive and systematic evaluation of participatory approaches to guide practitioners in their quest for meaningful local community participation in disaster risk management. Based on our case study in disaster prone villages in Northern Ghana, our research contributes to these emerging literature on risks by examining the process and outcome‐based factors that ensure effective public participation. The inimitability of our study does not only lie in its pioneering attempt to systematically identify effective public participation factors for climate change, but unlike other participatory approaches where success is defined by the researchers and policy makers, ours relies on local community themselves to define the desired processes for and outcomes of effective public participation.

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Gender and the bifurcated state: women in Uganda’s traditional authority

Sseremba

2023

Third World Quarterly

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Ghanaian Traditional Women Leaders and Sustainable Development: The Case of Nadowli Districts in Northern Part of Ghana

Cited by 3 publications

References 3 publications

Living as an infertile woman: the case of southern and northern Ghana

Living as an infertile woman: the case of southern and northern Ghana

Evaluating Effective Public Participation in Disaster Management and Climate Change Adaptation: Insights From Northern Ghana Through a User-Based Approach

Gender and the bifurcated state: women in Uganda’s traditional authority

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