Post-colonial dilemmas in the construction of Ghanaian citizenship education: National unity, human rights and social inequalities

Arnot, Madeleine; Casely-Hayford, Leslie; Yeboah, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2017.12.008

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“…Adolescent girls and young women are expected to occupy primarily ''private spaces,'' such as the home; as a result their public advocacy for youth-related issues is considered inappropriate. Research from other African contexts, for instance, Kenya, Ghana and Senegal (Arnot et al 2009Arnot and Swartz 2012;Crossouard and Dunne 2015), underscores that gender norms frame young people's political participation and understanding of their citizenship. Deeper consideration of how gender shapes participation amid circumscribed power and respect for girls in a largely patriarchal society and female-focused development discourses is needed.…”

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Youth participation in sexual and reproductive health: policy, practice, and progress in Malawi

Wigle

Paul

Birn

et al. 2020

Int J Public Health

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Objectives Ensuring youth participation in policymaking that affects their health and well-being is increasingly recognized as a strategy to improve young people's reproductive health. This paper aimed to describe the policy context and analyze underlying factors that influence youth participation in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) policymaking in Malawi. Methods This critical, focused ethnographic study is informed by postcolonial feminism and difference-centered citizenship theory, based on data collected from October 2017 to May 2018. Multiple research methods were employed: document analysis, focus group discussions, and ''moderate'' participant observation. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants and youth, supplemented by open-ended drawing exercises with youth. Results Progressive policies and the presence of youth in some policymaking structures indicate substantial headway in Malawi. However, underlying structural and societal factors circumscribe young people's lived experiences of participation. Conclusions Despite recent progress in involving young people in SRH policymaking, notable gaps remain between policy and practice. Recognizing and integrating young people in all stages of SRH policymaking is critical to catalyzing the social and political changes necessary to ensure their reproductive health and well-being. Keywords Youth Á Adolescent Á Young people Á Reproductive health Á Participation Á Policymaking Á Malawi This article is part of the special issue ''Sexual and reproductive health of young people-Focus Africa''. The Rudolf Geigy Foundation (Basel, Switzerland) funded the open access publication of this article.

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Youth participation in sexual and reproductive health: policy, practice, and progress in Malawi

Wigle

Paul

Birn

et al. 2020

Int J Public Health

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“…This is the value that ignited the fighting spirit of the Acehnese so that they were able to survive in each period of war, including the period of war against the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the Republic of Indonesia. Developing national patriotism is necessary to be implemented widely to sustain national unity as Arnot, Casely-Hayford, and Yeboah (2018) have recommended that the awareness of national unity and harmony can be promoted through respecting its constitutions, laws, and symbols.…”

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Character Education in an Acehnese Cultural Saga: Hikayat Prang Sabi

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The research sought to understand the value of patriotism in the Hikayat Prang Sabi by using a qualitative approach. Hikayat was referred to narratives (saga) of war rooted in Acehnese cultural tradition, and Prang Sabi in Acehnese language meant ‘Holy War’. As a literary work, Hikayat Prang Sabi embodied the concept of jihad, which was usually sung during the time of war in the Acehnese history: Portuguese in 1511, Dutch in 1873, Japan in 1942, and the Republic of Indonesia in 1976. The source of the data was verses or stanzas of Hikayat Prang Sabi that contained patriotic values. These verses were then treated as the unit of analysis. A hermeneutic approach was employed to analyze the data. The findings show that Hikayat Prang Sabi contains two types of patriotic values: national and religious. National value refers to the sense of nationalism, ethnicity, and humanity. Religious value, on the other hand, displays the value of spirituality, prophecy, and peace. These values indicate the foundation of thinking and doing of the Acehnese people manifested in a literary work, which then can be transferred into the notion of character education.

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“…The students and teachers refer to Africa's brain drain. The school in this study offers courses in several European languages and classes are taught in English, reinforcing the message of being 'depersonalized and detached' from their country (Howard et al, 2018: 508) and supporting arguments around postcolonial understandings of global citizenship education (Abdi et al, 2015;Torres, 2017;Arnot et al, 2018).…”

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How children living in poor informal settlements in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana, perceive global citizenship

Leithead

Humble

2020

IJDEGL

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This investigation looks at the antecedents and outcomes of 141 children living in poor informal settlements in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana identifying with global citizenship. It finds that the model of global citizenship devised by Reysen and Katzarska-Miller (2013) is a moderately good fit for this group of children. Structural equation modelling demonstrates that antecedents of global awareness as well as friends and family supporting global citizenship (normative environment) predict the child’s self-identification as a global citizen. This in turn predicts six prosocial traits: intergroup empathy, valuing diversity, social justice, environmental sustainability, intergroup helping and responsibility to act. The research suggests that there may be other elements to a global citizenship model that could be investigated in future research.

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Post-colonial dilemmas in the construction of Ghanaian citizenship education: National unity, human rights and social inequalities

Cited by 22 publications

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Youth participation in sexual and reproductive health: policy, practice, and progress in Malawi

Youth participation in sexual and reproductive health: policy, practice, and progress in Malawi

Character Education in an Acehnese Cultural Saga: Hikayat Prang Sabi

How children living in poor informal settlements in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana, perceive global citizenship

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