Essays about: "women in Ghana"

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  1. 26. Water Supply of Accra, with Emphasis on Sachet Water.

    University essay from KTH/Vattenförvaltning

    Author : Felix Diawuo; [2011]
    Keywords : Urban water supply; Sachet drinking water; Microbial quality; Chemical quality; Health impacts; Environmental and socio-economic impacts;

    Abstract : This project seeks to assess the impact of the sachet water industry on the health, socio-economic and the environmental situation of the inhabitants of Accra, the capital city of Ghana. In addressing the situation, the driving forces which have fuelled the shift of consum-er taste from the normal tap water and the traditional hand-tied-ice water products to the plastic sachet water (commonly known in as "Pure Water") are identified. READ MORE

  3. 27. To make a mark : A qualitative study of female journalist's working conditions in Ghana

    University essay from Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation (JMK)

    Author : Åsa Secher; [2010]
    Keywords : Ghana; female journalists; journalist profession; gender; interview;

    Abstract : This is a qualitative study based on fieldwork carried out in Accra, Ghana April 3 – May 29, 2010. The aim was to shed light on how a selected number of female Ghanaian journalists experience their working conditions from a gender based perspective. READ MORE

  4. 28. The Way the Cookie Crumbles? A Study of the Relationship Between Gender and Corruption in Ghana

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Lindqvist; Ebba Littorin; [2010]
    Keywords : gender equality; corruption; economic development; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the field of development economics corruption is considered a major obstacle to economic development. When opportunities to abuse power for self-interest are widespread, inequalities may become reinforced and democratic and economic development will be undermined. READ MORE

  5. 29. From Slave Wife of the Gods to " ke te pam tem eng". Trokosi seen through the Eyes of the Participants

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Lärarutbildningen (LUT)

    Author : Sofia Wiking; [2009]
    Keywords : Human rights; women’s rights; feminism; post colonial feminism; religious education; human right’s education; Ghana; minor field study; religious cultural traditional practice;

    Abstract : AbstractThis final essay in religious studies at Malmö Lärarutbildningen (Teacher’s education) is a minor field study (MFS) carried out in Ghana about Trokosi. Trokosi is a tradition, system and practice where young girls are given to village shrine priests as sexual and domestic slaves, or "wives of the gods", in compensation for offenses allegedly committed by a member of the girl's family. READ MORE

  6. 30. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN WOMEN AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CASE OF GHANAIAN WOMEN

    University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Yakubu Zahrrah Kamaldeen; [2005]
    Keywords : Social sciences; Sub Sahara; African Women; Sustainable Developmen; Ghana; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The general purpose of this project is two in one; to analyze and assess gender mainstreaming and sustainable women development policies of the two main political parties in Ghana, and to evaluate the contribution of gender biased NGOs to the course of women empowerment in Ghana. This thesis, by applying the methodological techniques of qualitative content analysis and discourse analysis explores and examines the strength and weakness of the parties’ political manifestoes. READ MORE