Women’s Autonomy in Ghana: Does Religion Matter?

Fuseini, Kamil; Kalule-Sabiti, Ishmael

doi:10.11564/29-2-743

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“…Again ethnicity and religion are strongly associated with decision-making autonomy-being Hausa, or Fulani as opposed to being Yoruba and practicing the traditional African religion as opposed to practicing Christianity decreases the probability of women's earnings decision-making autonomy (3.3, 9.4 and 10.7 percentage points respectively), while practicing Islam as opposed to Christianity increases the probability of women's earnings decision-making autonomy by 1.3 percentage points. Our finding of the association between being an ethnic group other than Yoruba and practicing other religions as opposed to Christianity with lower household and earnings decision-making autonomy underscore the significance of ethnic and religious social variation as factors determining women's empowerment are consistent with other research on Nigeria (Fuseini and Kalule-Sabiti 2015;Kritz and Makinwa-Adebusoye 1999).…”

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Effect of Armed Conflict on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria

Ekhator-Mobayode¹,

Hanmer²,

Matulevich³

et al. 2020

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Section: The Bh Insurgency and Key Drivers Of Ipvsupporting

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Effect of Armed Conflict on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria

Ekhator-Mobayode¹,

Hanmer²,

Matulevich³

et al. 2020

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“…Plausibly, the influence of religion is waning in modern Ghanaian societies as demonstrated in other studies (e.g. [38]). There were elements of cultural influence on child marriage as ethnicity and low bride wealth were found to be related to child marriage.…”

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Child marriage in Ghana: evidence from a multi-method study

Ahonsi

Fuseini²,

Nai³

et al. 2019

BMC Women's Health

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BackgroundChild marriage remains a challenge in Ghana. Over the years, government and development partners have made various commitments and efforts to curb the phenomenon of child marriage. However, there is little empirical evidence on the predictors, norms and practices surrounding the practice to support their efforts, a gap this study sought to fill.MethodsThe study employed a multiple-method approach to achieve the set objectives. Data from the women’s file of the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) was used to examine the predictors of child marriage using frequencies and logistic regression methods. Data from Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) collected in Central and Northern regions of Ghana were used to examine norms and practices surrounding child marriage using thematic analysis.ResultsTwo in ten (20.68%) girls in the quantitative sample married as children. The results revealed that girls who had never attended school compared to those who had ever attended school were more likely to marry as children (OR, 3.01). Compared with girls in the lowest wealth quintile, girls in the middle (OR, 0.59), fourth (OR, 0.37) and highest (OR, 0.32) wealth quintiles were less likely to marry as children. From the qualitative data, the study identified poverty, teenage pregnancy, and cultural norms such as betrothal marriage, exchange of girls for marriage and pressure from significant others as the drivers of child marriage.ConclusionsThe findings show that various socio-economic and cultural factors such as education, teenage pregnancy and poverty influence child marriage. Hence, efforts to curb child marriage should be geared towards retention of girls in school, curbing teenage pregnancy, empowering girls economically, enforcing laws on child marriage in Ghana, as well as designing tailored advocacy programs to educate key stakeholders and adolescent girls on the consequences of child marriage. Additionally, there is the need to address socio-cultural norms/practices to help end child marriage.

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“… 38–41 This finding suggests that interventions that can motivate urban residents to disapprove of wife beating may be unsuccessful in the rural locations. However, the type of religion a woman belongs to could also affect her decision-making prospects 42 , 43 and undoubtedly these factors may have consequences in the justification of wife beating.…”

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Participation in household decision making and justification of wife beating: evidence from the 2018 Mali Demographic and Health Survey

Seidu

Dzantor

Sambah

et al. 2021

International Health

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Background We assessed the association between women's participation in household decision making and justification of wife beating among married women ages 15–49 y in Mali. Methods We employed a cross-sectional study design among 7893 women of reproductive age involving a two-stage sampling technique using version 6 of the Mali Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) data, which was conducted in 2018. Results Approximately 37% participated in at least one household decision while 23.4% reported that they would not justify wife beating in any of the stated circumstances. Women who participated in at least one household decision had lower odds (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 0.834 [confidence interval {CI} 0.744 to 0.935]) of justifying wife beating. With respect to the covariates, we found that women 45–49 y of age had lower odds of justifying wife beating compared with those ages 15–19 y (AOR 0.569 [CI 0.424 to 0.764]). Women with higher education (AOR 0.419 [CI 0.265 to 0.662]) and those whose husbands had secondary education (AOR 0.825 [CI 0.683 to 0.995]) had lower odds of justifying wife beating. Women who lived in urban areas were less likely to justify wife-beating (AOR 0.328 [CI 0.275 to 0.390]) compared with those who lived in rural areas. Conclusion This study suggests that participation in household decision making is associated with a significantly lower rate of justifying wife beating in Mali. These results underscore the need for various interventions to empower women to increase women's participation in decision making to reduce justification of domestic violence.

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Women’s Autonomy in Ghana: Does Religion Matter?

Cited by 11 publications

References 33 publications

Effect of Armed Conflict on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria

Effect of Armed Conflict on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria

Child marriage in Ghana: evidence from a multi-method study

Participation in household decision making and justification of wife beating: evidence from the 2018 Mali Demographic and Health Survey

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