A5074711538- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Sex work and related issues
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Children's Rights and Participation
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Human Rights and Development
- Disability Rights and Representation
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Fashion and Cultural Textiles
University of Cape Coast
2012-2024
Using a social ecological approach (Bronfenbrenner) to violence and including Hobsbawm’s historical analysis of the collective uses violence, this article shows how gender-based is experienced used. Drawing on three distinct studies in Ghana, Kenya South Africa, it commonalities divergence young people’s experiences violence. It links microsystems school, community, street family with larger macrosystems poverty, government policies, power relations structural This highlights relationship...
African intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a rich resource for identity, community and sociality. Heritage institutions such as the Asafocompanies in Ghana, are traditional warrior groups that historically defended state. Today, they critical to coastal management processes. This article reveals their contribution argues that, while Asafo desire greater inclusion management, national government of Ghana seeks decentralize ocean governance But, companies complex groupings which identity...
Youth-sensitive policies are gradually gaining recognition in Africa. The release of the recent publication Children Ghana by Ministry Women and Children's Affairs (MOWAC) UNICEF-Ghana attests to value country places on young people's perspectives. Guided Richardson's conceptual framework sexual citizenship, this paper draws four sets focus group discussions, informal conversations interviews with 24 people aged between 14 19 (seven men 17 women), all whom were living streets a city Ghana....
Globally, abortion has emerged as a critical determinant of maternal morbidity and mortality. The Ghana government amended the country's law in 1985 to promote safe abortion. This article discusses findings qualitative study that explored decision-making experiences 28 female seekers aged between 15 30 years Ghana. Key from are individuals claimed autonomy their decisions; underlying decisions were pragmatic concerns such economic difficulties, child spacing, fear parental reaction. In...
Population health surveys are rarely comprehensive in addressing sexual health, and population-representative often lack standardised measures for collecting comparable data across countries. We present a survey instrument implementation considerations population-level research. The brief, consensus statement was developed via multi-step process (an open call, hackathon, modified Delphi process). items, domains, entire instruments, to develop were solicited global crowdsourcing call. call...
Much attention on childhoods and children�s lives in sub�Saharan Africa has focused marginalised or children living difficult circumstances. While the focus of these studies is valid, they have arguably contributed to portraying African a rather negative pessimistic light. Such an overwhelming challenges that much continent its peoples face problematic not least because it becomes many publications are produced about which are, then, turn, consumed only by academic colleagues, but also...
This paper examines Ghanaian young people's perceptions of the determinants HIV- and AIDS-related stigma discrimination, how these may influence de-stigmatisation process. Drawing on findings from an in-depth, multi-method qualitative study involving 104 school street people aged between 14 19 years, presents accounts HIV AIDS. The provokes discussion language images associated with existing educational programmes AIDS place in a dilemma. It also argues that fear secrecy disease not only...
The COVID-19 outbreak effects and related state responses, especially mobility restriction interventions, contributed to disruption in livelihoods the coastal communities Ghana. This paper uses an ethnographic approach analyse of pandemic coping strategies adopted by small-scale fishers, fish traders processors. We argued that focusing solely on formal sector workers is problematic because it fails consider dynamics informal workers. Findings indicate processors experienced various food,...
This article interrogates the processes of racialisation hair and skin colour ‘mixed-race’ Ghanaians in specific context Ghana. The draws on findings a larger qualitative multisite study that explored lived experiences identity construction Ghanaian mixed-race persons living Ghana Canada, Informed by race theories, argues politics cannot be discussed without considering how gender also contribute to shaping racial categorisation individuals authors show society ‘others’ racialises (for...
Unsafe abortions contribute significantly to maternal mortality and morbidity in Ghana. To reduce this, 1982 abortion laws Ghana underwent reform broaden the conditions under which is accessed. Although, evidence other contexts highlights contribution of violence women's experience unwanted pregnancy abortion, such limited within Ghanaian literature. This study aims fill that gap. Informed by phenomenology, interviews were conducted with 10 women who had experienced various forms leading...
UNESCO presently offers a universal regime and policy environment for the identification management of natural cultural heritages. However, heritage does not merely signify diversity; it can also facilitate greater equity equality. The research problem addressed in this article is that Ghana, national government perceives treats small-scale fishing (SSF) sector as masculine space endeavour, ignoring gendered aspects environment, SSF practice ocean care. In article, hypothesized if treated...
Despite the potential of leisure to shape sexual behaviour young people with disability, there is limited knowledge on subject. This paper explores influence hearing and vision loss, using data from 2127 aged 10–24 years all 16 special schools for deaf blind in Ghana. The findings revealed that loss who engaged have a higher likelihood engaging kissing casual sex odds being those loss. Young were, however, more inclined towards regular partner. illuminate informal spaces hence need consider...
Abstract Framed by Urie Bronfenbrenners' (1979) ecological systems theory, this paper analyses the contextual factors that facilitate commercial sex work among adolescent girls in a metropolis Ghana. Focusing on rather than individual perspectives, we examined background of minors involved trade interviewing 15 juvenile prostitutes (aged 14–17) and several key stakeholders. We explored cause them to engage prostitution, such as dysfunctional family systems, peer sibling influence, inadequate...