ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of married women concerning male dominance in Mozano. The study sought to ascertain the ways married men dominate their wives in the Mozano community, explore the factors responsible for male dominance in the Mozano community and to assess the effects of male dominance on married women. The researcher adopted phenomenological design with qualitative approach using interviews and Focus Group discussions to get data for the study...
ABSTRACT This thesis investigated students’ perception of sex education in senior high schools in Biakoye District in the Volta Region of Ghana. The study sought to unearth students’ perception of the sex education in senior high schools. The study reviewed theoretical and empirical studies on sex education. The goal of the study was to address the knowledge gap in the literature by contributing to an understanding of the need to enhance teaching of sex education in senior high schools. D...
It is commonly believed that women are the typical victims of domestic violence, and that most perpetrators are men. To varying degrees, this view has shaped different stances on and responses to domestic violence as a social problem, in areas ranging from government policy to feminist groups campaigns. However in the world today, this focus on women as the victims of domestic violence has become minimal paving way to the attention of male victimization, especially in Ghana. Domestic violence...
ABSTRACT The interest of the researcher is to examine the effects of violent intra-lineage chieftaincy conflict on family relationships, the provision of social services, and ultimately, the livelihood of people in the Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area. The researcher used a qualitative approach and narrative design to collect data from a sample of 25 respondents from Aboduam, Attaboka, Boinzan, Bosomoiso-Afereɛ and Wiawso. The researcher used semi-structured interview guide for the primary data...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the social support mechanisms(SSM) adopted by Royalhouse Chapel International (RCI) and Prison Ministry of Ghana (PMG) and how these interventions have facilitated ex-prisoners reintegration in Accra. The study was conducted on the premise that ex-prisoners were faced with myriad of challenges after their release that make it difficult to adjust to life and fit back into society. Some of these challenges were as a result of ineffective pre-rel...
ABSTRACT Globally, children are engaged in a wide-range of activities both in the informal and the formal sectors. Child labour has been defined by the ILO as “work that impairs children’s well-being or hinders their education, development and future livelihoods”. In addition, several theories and models strive to redefine and draw the pattern clear about child labour. The main objective of the study is an assessment of the meanings and practices of child labour in Old Fadama, in Ac...
ABSTRACT Domestic violence against women has been recognized globally as a major violation of a woman’s human rights. Women’s socioeconomic and demographic characteristic has made some women subject to abuse than other women. This study primarily examined women’s socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and their experience of domestic violence. The study also examined the regional differentials of domestic violence against women in Ghana. A total number of 1671 women aged 15-...
ABSTRACT The research was birthed out of a critical observation of the high incidence of non-maintenance of children whose parents are separated. It was imperative that a research be conducted to identify the challenges associated with the implementation of child maintenance provisions so that such findings may be used by policy actors to initiate the needed interventions as a proper implementation process will subsequently lead to the curbing of this issue. It was also imperative that this r...
ABSTRACT This study scrutinizes the prevalence of alcohol use among migrants and non-migrants and examines whether age, sex, education, occupation, religion, locality and marital status predict alcohol consumption behaviours. Migrants groups include those from all the ten (10) regions of Ghana who have, at the time of the study settled in the three localities. Multinomial regression was estimated using the second round of data collected by the 2011 Urban Health and Poverty Project wave two (E...
ABSTRACT This study explored women‘s level of participation in grass roots politics in the Akan constituency of the Volta Region of Ghana. A concurrent triangulation mixed method research design was employed using the Liberal Feminist theory as the theoretical focus of the study. A sample size of two hundred (200) respondents, comprising women aged 18 years and above were purposively sampled from the Akan constituency for the study. The study employed interviews and questionnaires to gather...
ABSTRACT One can not dispute the fact that AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) has contributed to the development of Sanso community. Nevertheless, its activities in the community have been a source of worry and at times have caused clashes between AGA security guards and the people of Sanso especially the youth. The study was all about finding the factors that fuel conflicts between AGA and the people of Sanso, knowing the effects of such conflicts on AGA and Sanso, finding out whether AGA has implement...
ABSTRACT This study is an investigation into the perceptions that people have about the roles of married women in community development in the Assin North Municipality of the Central Region of Ghana. Using a qualitative research method, the study also provides an insight into the reasons that explain the people’s perceptions. Data was collected from 200 respondents who were interviewed in twenty focus groups. It is evident that there are several perceptions that people have about the...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at discovering people of Kwaebibirem views about unmarried women in order to see whether their perceptions align with what was already in the literature about unmarried women in other countries. The study was conducted in Kwaebibirem district in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The participants of the study were 110 adults purposively drawn purposively from five towns that were conveniently chosen from the district. The study employed the mixed-method design. Data...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the perceptions of the people in the Techiman traditional area about gender inequality and poverty. The study was motivated by the fact that not enough literature is available on the subject in Ghana and the Techiman traditional area in particular. The major issues the research investigated were socio-cultural structures and institutions that promote gender inequality in Techiman Traditional Area, people‟s perceptions about these socio – cultural structures ...
ABSTRACT The teaching profession is one of the most stressful jobs. Researchers have established that stress influences commitment negatively. In other cases, others have found that commitment serves as a buffer to stress. These studies on teacher commitment were mostly quantitatively driven, and few were situated in Ghana. The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between teacher stress and commitment in the Fanteakwa District. The study further looked into how teac...