Market women’s associations in Ghana

Britwum, Akua O.; Akorsu, Angela Dziedzom

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“…In 1985 government passed the Intestate Succession Law (PNDCL 111) along with a suite of other legislation that granted widows the same inheritance rights as those who had been married under the 1884 Marriage Ordinance (Woodman 1985; Kuenyehia 2006: 396; Britwum et al . 2014: 30).…”

Section: Persistence and Limits Of Women's Legal Victoriesmentioning

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“…Nevertheless, there is evidence that wives and children in Ghana are increasingly able to inherit property in this manner (Manuh 1997: 85–6; Britwum et al . 2014: 40). At a minimum, widows who have been treated poorly by the deceased's family now have clear legal recourse.…”

Section: Persistence and Limits Of Women's Legal Victoriesmentioning

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“…However, there is evidence that women in both cases increasingly use the courts to assert these rights, especially in urban areas (Britwum et al . 2014; Lagoutte & Fall 2014).…”

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When do women win in legally plural systems? Evidence from Ghana and Senegal

Hern

2022

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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Africa's plural legal systems are often doubly bad for women: reinforcing patriarchal threads in indigenous practices while layering male-dominated Anglo-European laws atop. While these systems generally work to their detriment, women are sometimes able to take advantage of them. Under what conditions are women able to ‘win’ in Africa's plural legal systems? I examine women's interactions with the plural colonial court systems in the Gold Coast and Senegal. Based on an analysis of original court records in each country, I argue that women are more likely to win in plural legal systems in areas of operational ambiguity where applicable legal principles are contradictory. Leveraging this ambiguity enabled women in the Gold Coast and Senegal to win rights around inheritance and divorce, respectively. These victories were codified post-independence, though women face social pressures against exercising them.

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When do women win in legally plural systems? Evidence from Ghana and Senegal

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2022

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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“…Depending on their size, commodity associations are the smallest unit of organisation in any market. These associations are constituted of traders who sell similar items and mobilise themselves as groups around products/commodities such as yams, maize, vegetables, fruit and used clothing (Britwum and Akorsu, 2017). Each commodity association has a leader known as the 'item queen' who is either elected or nominated.…”

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A feminist human rights approach to Ghana’s public market PPPs: The case of the Dome Market

Torvikey¹,

Marfo²

2023

Corporate Capture of Development

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“…Figure 3 shows that the prevalence of severe hunger is highest in the Northern region (19.85%), followed by Upper West and East (17.99 and 17.4%), respectively. Another notable concern with the issue of food security in Ghana is that it has taken some form of gender dimension, whereby quite a significant number of women are suffering from severe to moderate hunger, despite their active involvement in agricultural activities ranging from planting to marketing agricultural produce (Britwum and Akorsu, 2016; Britwum et al ., 2019). Figure 4 shows the prevalence of moderate to severe hunger by gendered households in northern Ghana.…”

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Women's empowerment and household food security in Ghana

Essilfie

Sebu

Annim

et al. 2020

IJSE

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PurposeThis study adopts three dimensions of women’s empowerment: (1) relative education empowerment, (2) women's autonomy in decision-making and (3) domestic violence to examine the effect of women’s empowerment on household food security in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed the generalised ordered logit model (GOLM) and dominance analysis using a sample of 1,017 households from the seventh round of Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS7).FindingsThe findings from the study revealed that women’s empowerment proxied by relative years of schooling and women's decision-making were important indicators for improving household food security. Further, there exist varying dimensions of women’s empowerment in households, and these dimensions have a significant effect on the state of food security of households.Originality/valueThere are a number of studies on the effect of women's empowerment on food security. However, this study contributes to the literature by examining the varying effects of different dimensions of women’s empowerment on food security. This provides policymakers with a guide that looks at different levels of women’s empowerment and the combinations of women's empowerment dimensions that contribute for reducing food insecurity.

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Market women’s associations in Ghana

Cited by 5 publications

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When do women win in legally plural systems? Evidence from Ghana and Senegal

When do women win in legally plural systems? Evidence from Ghana and Senegal

A feminist human rights approach to Ghana’s public market PPPs: The case of the Dome Market

Women's empowerment and household food security in Ghana

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