Gender equity and inclusion in Ghana; good intentions, uneven progress

Ayentimi, Desmond Tutu; Abadi, Hossein Ali; Adjei, Bernice; Burgess, John

doi:10.1080/10301763.2019.1697486

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“…For instance, it qualifies as labor market discrimination when wage discrepancies occur among workers with similar qualifications and job roles due to their gender, race, or whether they work in the private or public sector. Such wage differentials have been a focal point for public policy over the past decades, with labor market policies being especially concerned if wage gaps widen due to unequal economic development (Ayentimi et al 2020) and certain forms of deliberate or systemic discrimination. Worldwide, it is widely acknowledged that pay differences are influenced by factors such as firmlevel productivity and wage-setting power (OECD 2021), the level of workers' skills or human capital, geographical location (Pritchett and Hani 2020), gender, unionization, the level of the minimum wage (Teulings 2003;Kristal and Cohen 2017), race, and the private-public segmentation of the labor market.…”

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Are public sector workers in Ghana overpaid? Evidence from a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis.

Kaba

2023

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This paper employs the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method to estimate the private-public sector wage gap, investigating the public sector wage premium using an analytical sample of 876 wage workers. These workers were drawn from a nationally representative household dataset - the seventh round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 7) data. The results suggest that private sector workers, including those in the informal sector, earn lower wages than their counterparts possessing the same level of human capital in the public sector. However, the wage gap becomes statistically insignificant when observed among formal private sector workers and formal public sector wage workers. Returns to education in the public sector surpass those in the private sector, particularly for the secondary and tertiary graduates. These findings contribute to the ongoing debate about private-public wage differentials by introducing context-specific insights from Ghana, particularly when comparing the wages of formal private and public workers. Although the results challenge the common belief that private sector workers receive significantly less premium than public sector workers, this paper underscores the importance of formalizing the predominantly informal private sector as a policy measure to reduce the private-public wage gap.

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Are public sector workers in Ghana overpaid? Evidence from a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis.

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2023

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“…In his article ‘A Radical Agenda for Men’s Caregiving’ Barker (2014: 87) argues that alongside the global efforts to elevate the value of women’s work in domestic and reproductive arenas, it is equally essential to encourage men to participate in domestic and care work. In many contexts, domestic work and caring for children are still primarily defined as feminine tasks, irrespective of women’s increased participation in paid labour (Ayentimi et al, 2020; Barker, 2014; Bosak et al, 2017; Doyle et al, 2014; Kato-Wallace et al, 2014; Morrell and Jewkes, 2011). Women’s responsibility for the bulk of house and care work keeps their wages proportionately lower than the wages of men; furthermore, it impedes women’s career development goals and promulgates unbalanced gendered power relations in social and political spheres (Barker, 2014: 87; Matteazzi and Scherer, 2020).…”

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‘I Do Not Want Her to be Doing Anything Stressful’: Men’s Involvement in Domestic Work During Pregnancy in Ghana

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Haukanes

Blystad

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Progress in Development Studies

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Drawing on qualitative research from rural and urban areas, this article contributes to evolving social research in Ghana on possible changes in the gendered distribution of domestic labour. Formulated within debates on ‘doing gender’ and ‘undoing gender’, this study examines the extent to which acts of gender transgression may potentially occur during peak reproductive periods in the lives of Ghanaian couples. The findings of the study indicate that the participants reiterated normative gendered definitions of men as primary providers and women as primary domestic caretakers. Nonetheless, it was noted that during their partner’s pregnancy, men in both urban and rural areas were willing to modify their daily schedule to incorporate more housework. Simultaneously, men’s involvement in all or most of the household chores was perceived as potentially dangerous to the gendered balance of labour in the family and could, according to the participants, stimulate laziness among female partners. Despite the apparent resistance to male performance of domestic chores, the article argues that men’s willingness to do housework during their partner’s pregnancy may be an early indicator of slow but steady transformations in gender relations in Ghana.

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“…Although the politics of Ghana has seen the active role of women, their numbers in terms of representation have not been encouraging (Ayentimi et al, 2020; Bauer, 2019). For instance, Ghana’s Eighth Parliament has seen some increase in the number of female Members of Parliament (MPs) from the previous 38 in the seventh parliament (Madsen et al, 2020) to 40/275 (representing 14.5% of the total membership) after the 2020 general elections, with both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucuses having 20 women in parliament (Parliament of Ghana, 2021).…”

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For Better for Worse Even After Death: Is ‘Widow Politics’ in Ghana’s Fourth Republic Becoming a Reliable Pathway for Women?

Boakye

Yeboah‐Assiamah

Gyekye-Jandoh

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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The quest to bridge the gender disparity in the politics of Ghana has seen little progress owing to the challenges associated with the passage of the Affirmative Action bill by the actors involved. However, the recent emergence and unconventional adoption of ‘widow succession’ politics in Ghana have sparked some public debates into the viability of the practice in the promotion of women in politics. This paper examined all five identified cases of widow politics in Ghana between 2000 and 2020 (Asutifi South, Shai Osudoku, Ayawaso West Wuogon, Mfantseman and Tempane constituencies) and draws on the widow effect and affirmative action concepts to propose lessons and the possible implication of the practice in Ghana.

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Gender equity and inclusion in Ghana; good intentions, uneven progress

Cited by 14 publications

References 16 publications

Are public sector workers in Ghana overpaid? Evidence from a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis.

Are public sector workers in Ghana overpaid? Evidence from a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis.

‘I Do Not Want Her to be Doing Anything Stressful’: Men’s Involvement in Domestic Work During Pregnancy in Ghana

For Better for Worse Even After Death: Is ‘Widow Politics’ in Ghana’s Fourth Republic Becoming a Reliable Pathway for Women?

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