Essays about: "Ghana"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 298 essays containing the word Ghana.

  1. 1. Se Eye Woba Anka ‘if he or she were your child’  : A study of NGO workers experiences of combating child trafficking in Ghana

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Högskolan för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Louise Viklund Österlind; [2022]
    Keywords : Ghana; human trafficking; children s rights; childism; prejudice; human rights;

    Abstract : Trafficking in children is widespread abuse of children that happens in Ghana. The concept of human rights has not yet fully found its way into societal structures and beliefs, and that creates problems when we want to ensure the protection of children from violations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ghana’s Fourth Republic and Transition to Democracy : A study by the “Two-turnover test” of Ghana’s transition to democratic governance

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Zaccheus Idun; [2022]
    Keywords : Democracy; Transition to democracy; Third wave countries; Two-turnover test; National Elections and Ethnocentrism;

    Abstract : Transition to democracy have been a complex and difficult process for many thirdwave democratic countries across the globe. In Ghana, past military governments, role of political parties, rule of law, ethnocentrism and human rights abuses and have played a key role in Ghana’s 1992 Constitution and fourth attempt to democratic governance. READ MORE

  4. 3. Bridging the Intention-Action Gap : Understanding On-Farm Biosecurity Behaviour of Smallholder Poultry Farmers in Ghana

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Anica Buckel; [2022]
    Keywords : Behavioural Science; Social Psychology; Dual-Process Theory; Antimicrobial Resistance; On-farm Biosecurity Behaviour; Smallholder Poultry Farms; Ghana; Sub Saharian Africa;

    Abstract : Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health challenge. It threatens the achievement of multiple SDGs with disproportionately negative consequences for LMICs. AMR is associated with the misuse of antibiotics, which is especially dominant in livestock farming. On-farm biosecurity has been identified as an effective way to prevent diseases. READ MORE

  5. 4. “Dead white man’s clothes” : The influence of second hand import on young Ghanaians’ consuming patterns

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Hanna Skoglund; Johanna Samuelsson; Linda Finell; [2022]
    Keywords : Second hand; Second hand import; Consumption; Postcolonialism; Attachment to clothes;

    Abstract : Generally, not many in the Global North are aware of the complexity behind the second hand clothing trade and donations. Today, Ghana has become one of the biggest markets for imported second hand clothing. With this, the Akan saying “Obroni Wawu” has come, and translates into “Dead White Man’s Clothes”. READ MORE

  6. 5. Transitioning from Care to Adulthood: Reintegration Experiences of Young People Leaving Residential Care in Ghana

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Frederick Godwill Amissah; [2021-10-22]
    Keywords : care leavers; resilience; social reintegration; lived experiences; ecological systems theory;

    Abstract : Studies on the young people’s transition from care have gained considerable attention in child protection discourse globally but in the African context, it is beginning to take form. Despite the incessant reintegration efforts occasioned by the quest to reform alternative childcare mechanisms in the Ghanaian context, little is known of the experiences of care leavers while they are leaving, and when they are out of care. READ MORE