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  • Old Age Poverty Among Rural Women in Ghana

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    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Drawing on interviews with over 50 women in rural villages in Ghana, this book analyzes the poverty of older, rural, and illiterate women in Ghana within the framework of the feminization of poverty. The book demonstrates that alleged gains in gender equality are not universal even within the same country and that the feminization of poverty marginalizes certain groups in meta-analyses that focus ... Read more

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  • The Experiences of Ghanaian Live-in Caregivers in the United States

    by Martha Donkor ...
    Using the convergence of the impact of globalization and political turmoil in Ghana on Ghanaian women as a backdrop, this book examines the migration of the women to the US and their decisions to care for upper middle class white seniors who elected to stay in their homes to be cared for by private caregivers. The book explores the attraction of domestic care work, the women’s perceptions of their ... Read more

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  • Child Rape in Ghana

    Lifting the Veil

    by Martha Donkor ...
    Series series Gender and Sexuality in Africa and the Diaspora
    This book analyzes the etiology of child rape in Ghana within the framework of rape culture. By applying feminist perspectives and psychological theories to laws in Ghana to protect children against sexual abuse, this book creates room for both victims and perpetrators to tell their stories while also incorporating the views of the public through a textual analysis of reader comments on child rape ... Read more

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  • Gender and Sexuality in Ghanaian Societies

    Series series Gender and Sexuality in Africa and the Diaspora
    Gender and Sexuality in Ghanaian Societies explores cultural dynamics embedded in the interstices of agency, vulnerability, and power within patriarchal structures that seek to regulate the sexual lives of women in Ghana. Emphasizing the centrality of gender as a motive force for sexual expression, the book stresses that contemporary Ghanaian women's sexual expressions are caught at the ... Read more

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