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Child abuse review, Mar 1, 2024
Women in cocoa and shea communities have traditionally relied on the extraction of environmental ... more Women in cocoa and shea communities have traditionally relied on the extraction of environmental resources for their livelihoods. Due to climatic, economic and social variabilities however, the traditional sources are no longer able to sustain their households and as a result, women are gradually up taking some alternative livelihood sources particularly during offseason. This study explored the effect of such alternative livelihood sources in the cocoa and shea communities on the physical environment. A case study design was employed for the study. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were the main means for obtaining the requisite data from 131 respondents; 88.7% of whom were women drawn from ten communities in three regions in ve geographic districts in Ghana. The study revealed that about eighteen alternative livelihood sources pursued by women were key in providing the needs of most households and their effect on the physical environment was negligible. The exceptions were vegetable cultivation, guinea fowl rearing and dawadawa processing in some communities which recorded appreciable negative effect largely due to poor management practices. The study recommended that, to improve and sustain the quality of the environment, there was the need for proper waste disposal practices and the enforcement of policies and laws that prohibit the use of pesticides and other harmful chemicals used in the alternative livelihood activities.
Ghana Journal of Geography
Despite the Sustainable Development Goals which have been adopted since September 2015, researchf... more Despite the Sustainable Development Goals which have been adopted since September 2015, researchfindings on sectoral achievements of the gaols are inadequate. This study ascertained the approaches,effectiveness, implications and challenges of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and OrganisationalDevelopment as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), in promoting access to water, sanitation andhygiene (WASH) through its water for resilience project in rural communities of the Lawra Municipalityand Nandom District of the north-western corridor of Ghana. A before-and-after study design with mixedmethods research approach was used, and theoretically dictated by the Malongza’s model. Sample sizesof 400 for ex-ante evaluation and 260 at the ex-post evaluation stages were used. It was found that theintervention improved WASH technologies and services, provided schools with vegetables, equippedwomen with livelihood opportunities and reduced diarrheal diseases, but challenged by implementatio...
International journal of childhood education, Feb 16, 2023
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to date, remains the most releva... more The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to date, remains the most relevant and comprehensive international instrument on Children's rights. However, its implementation has suffered drawbacks stemming from administrative, cultural, economic, and ideological diversities of member-states; thus slowing down the promotion of Children's welfare in many respects. That stated, many countries of both Global North and South are stepping up their efforts concerning child rights and welfare promotion in recent times. This study examines child welfare promotion in Ghana through structural, legal, social, and policy interventions by the state, in keeping with UNCRC provisions. The case study design model mainly employed an exploratory qualitative research approach that involved 20 participants and was underpinned by an interpretivist philosophical paradigm. The study argues that the government's social intervention activities, as well as, its institutional and legal reforms have come to impact positively on the promotion and protection of child welfare. These gains notwithstanding, the implementation processes are still plagued with challenges of inadequate funding of programs as underpinned by a lack of political will. Against this backdrop, the study urges governments to back their numerous action plans with adequate financial, technical, and human resource provisions for the realization of Convention goals; while stiffer punishments are meted out to violators of child rights. This study provides member-states, governmental agencies, child policymakers, and civil society basic insights into child rights and welfare promotion, in keeping with the tenets of UNCRC provisions.
Public Policy and Administration Research, 2016
A country’s democracy isentrenched when its citizenry participate actively in itsdemocratic proce... more A country’s democracy isentrenched when its citizenry participate actively in itsdemocratic processes. This realisation has been the driving force for democratic nations, including Ghana, to implement civic education programmes to enlighten the citizenry on civic issuesin order to enhance their democratic participation. This study explored the impact of civic education by the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) on political participation in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study, which is an Mphil thesis,benefitted from both secondary and primary data, as well as the quantitative and qualitative research strategies for data collection and analysis.The study suggests that beneficiaries of civic education in the study area had high level of political participation, including the readiness to vote, join political party, contest elections, participate in community service and demanding accountability from duty bearers. This confirms the Civic Vo...
African Journal of Sustainable Development, 2015
Since independence, Ghana has adopted different strategies in a quest for a sustainable economic ... more Since independence, Ghana has adopted different strategies in a quest for a sustainable economic development agenda to better the lives of her citizens. The Nkrumah administration initiated the process through an Import-Substitution Industrialisation-led economic development policy agenda from 1957 to 1966. That was followed by an Economic Liberalisation development policy agenda from 1968 to 1972. Then came the „Operation Feed Yourself‟ and „Operation Feed Your Industry‟ economic development policy agenda from 1972 to 1978. Political instability between 1978 and 1980 meant that Ghana would not chart any clear cut economic development policy agenda until 1981 onwards when the country reverted to the Economic Liberalisation development policy agenda. This paper examines the role of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Ghana‟s quest for a sustainable economic development policy agenda since independence to date. The paper benefits from extensive secondary data on the ...
Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In G... more Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In Ghana, flooding has become a yearly ritual, displacing many community members, destroying farmlands, and cutting off communities. The state institution mandated to coordinate and manage disasters is the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO). However, NADMO is always overwhelmed with the level of humanitarian assistance required by flood victims annually due to limited resources. Floods management in Ghana is largely reactionary and shortterm, hence the need for long-term planning. The researchers therefore used both secondary and primary data to investigate the drivers and gaps in the existing flood management approaches. The findings showed that inadequate funding, non
Ghana Journal of Development Studies
Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In G... more Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In Ghana, flooding has become a yearly ritual, displacing many community members, destroying farmlands, and cutting off communities. The state institution mandated to coordinate and manage disasters is the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO). However, NADMO is always overwhelmed with the level of humanitarian assistance required by flood victims annually due to limited resources. Floods management in Ghana is largely reactionary and short-term, hence the need for long-term planning. The researchers therefore used both secondary and primary data to investigate the drivers and gaps in the existing flood management approaches. The findings showed that inadequate funding, non-enforcement of settlement and farming laws; unhealthy environmental practices and low investments in flood containment infrastructure were the drivers of the perennial floods in Ghana. The major gap identified...
American Journal of Leadership and Governance
Purpose: Globally, and most especially in Africa, researchers seem not to have sufficiently expla... more Purpose: Globally, and most especially in Africa, researchers seem not to have sufficiently explained the underlying factors that influence electorates’ choices. Thus, studies often reveal a myriad of factors that determine this behavior of voters. While some scholars posit rationality as the underlying factor, others suggest idiosyncratic factors in that regard. These conflicting positions indicate that the motivation of electorates’ choices is multifaceted. In Ghana, few studies have investigated the phenomenon in the Northern part of the country. This study, therefore, explored the phenomenon with regard to elections in the Kumbungu Constituency of Northern Ghana. Methodology: Underpinned by the three dominant theories; the sociological model, the psychological model and the rational-choice theory, the study employed an explanatory sequential mixed-method design to gather data thereof. A combination of purposive sampling methods was employed to select information rich cases. The ...
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
Three decades have now passed since the promulgation of the United Nations Convention on the Righ... more Three decades have now passed since the promulgation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1989. Despite the almost universal ratification of the CRC, as well as the heightened global awareness of the prevalence of child labour, the phenomenon persists. Following the ratification of the CRC, the rights-based approach to combating child labour became the dominant theoretical perspective. By problematising the dominant child-rights framework, this paper contributes to the discourse on child labour by arguing for a more nuanced approach to addressing the phenomenon. The paper achieves this objective by underscoring the importance of understanding and engaging with the reasons why children work, the socio-economic contexts within which they work, and why policies designed to address child labour should address the structural barriers that directly and indirectly promote child labour.
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2021
Children form the foundation of every society. They are expected to be trained, supported and gui... more Children form the foundation of every society. They are expected to be trained, supported and guided to become responsible to the society. In Ghana, the 1992 constitution (Article 28, clause 1), the children’s Act (Act 560) and the Child Rights Regulations 2002 (LI.1705) are among the measures put in place to promote the wellbeing of children in the country. However, there are significant numbers of children who are living in many city streets in Ghana including the Tamale metropolis. These street children are living the life that has the tendency to affect their physical and mental development. This paper examines the challenges street children in Tamale face and their coping strategies. It also explores various policy options to ensure their continuous education. The study used a case study design to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. Findings of the research show that street children encounter challenges related to accommodation, education, sexual abuse, health, secu...
The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, 2021
Introduction The term, democracy which is derived from two Greek words, 'demos', meaning people a... more Introduction The term, democracy which is derived from two Greek words, 'demos', meaning people and 'kratein' meaning to govern or to rule is steep in history; tracing its roots to the ancient Greek City-States in the Fifth Century BC. In literal terms, democracy encompasses the rule of the people by the people themselves and it is a government of the majority (Khan, 2005). In a similar vein, Abraham Lincoln defines democracy as, "…. a government of the people, by the people and for the people". Furthermore, as Becker (Khan, 2005) strongly posits, democracy entails a government of the people and one that is composed by the majority. In its widest meaning, therefore, the term democracy, refers to a system of governance in which rulers are held accountable for their actions within the public realm, by the indirect action of citizens and through the cooperation of their elected representatives (Dahl, 1971; Friedrich, 1968). In essence therefore, the term that is linked with the best practices of constitutional rule and good governance in modern times, refers to a system of government wherein; supreme power of a state is vested in the citizens that can either be exercised directly by themselves or indirectly through representatives that are elected or appointed by the citizens. Thus, the concepts of democracy and good governance have come to be the basic requirements for sustainable development worldwide (Grindle, 2004; Khan, 2005). The concept though, goes beyond a set of constitutional rules and procedures that determine how a government functions, since government, is only a subset of the democratic society that contains other elements such as complex institutions, political parties, organizations and associations. It is an undeniable fact that, democratic governance enhances transparency, accountability, rule of law, adherence to fundamental human
European Journal of Business and Management, 2016
Women own a substantial percentage of small scale enterprises worldwide and play critical roles i... more Women own a substantial percentage of small scale enterprises worldwide and play critical roles in rural development. They, however, remain disadvantaged in terms of access to financial support for starting and expanding their businesses. This paper examined the prospects and challenges of developing women-owned businesses through micro-finance as a strategy for poverty alleviation in the Nanumba North and South Districts of the Northern Region of Ghana. Applying the mixed research methodological research strategy to explore the subject, the paper suggests that women micro-enterprise development through micro-finance positively impacted on the lives of rural women entrepreneurs and their households regarding self-employment, better incomes, household food security, enrolment and retention of children in school, greater access to health care and access to information on reproductive health issues. In this regard, the paper argues that strategies that aim at boosting rural women’s pro...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021
Culture and sport are frequently seen as having societal consequences. The participation of women... more Culture and sport are frequently seen as having societal consequences. The participation of women in sports and physical activities is influenced in a variety of ways. Female participation in Sports/games and physical activities could have a significant positive impact on an individual's physical, cultural, traditional/customs mental, and social well-being. The purpose of this research is to look at some of the Cultural/Customs and Traditional belief systems that influence women's engagement in physical activities and games in Northern region colleges of education. The researchers employed a survey research approach to study about the cultural/customs and traditional belief systems that influence female engagement in sports/games and physical activities. Female students from the four colleges of education in the Northern region (Bagabaga College, E.P College-Bimbilla, Tamale College, and St' Vincent College-Yendi) were the target population. The study identified some key findings of Cultural/Customs and Traditional belief practice which include, women's access to information is limited by strict customs observation, myths, place of the woman is in the kitchen, curses and taboos based on effects on their reproductive organs, and women lose their femininity through active participation in sports, female genital mutilation, and women cleansing are some of the belief systems that contribute to women's low participation in sports/games and physical activity. The study also identified other factors such as, Religious Beliefs/Norms, gender limitations, sociological and physiological variables that influence female engagement in sports/games and physical activities. It is recommended that the use of cultural enlightenment educational programmes that will demystify all traditional/customs and cultural belief systems and biases against female participation in sporting, games and physical activities in our communities. Use of Legislation to promote Cultural/Customs and Traditional physical activities in schools.
Turnover among teaching staff in our universities are mostly due to dissatisfaction with their jo... more Turnover among teaching staff in our universities are mostly due to dissatisfaction with their jobs. Employee job satisfaction is of utmost importance to stimulating and sustaining the interest of the individual in order to prevent employee turnover. There are many factors influencing employee job satisfaction and preventing employee turnover. Factors such as salary, working conditions, cordial relationship with colleagues at work, opportunities for job progression among several other factors. The objective of this paper was to explore the extent to which these factors, affect employee job satisfaction and prevent turnover among lecturers in the University for Development Studies using the cross-sectional design and quantitative approach of data collection. Survey questionnaires were employed as data collection instruments to elicit information from 287 lecturers recruited from the University for Development Studies within the Tamale Metropolis. Multiple regression was used to estab...
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2020
A country’s democratic process is considered to be on a sound footing when its citizens are able ... more A country’s democratic process is considered to be on a sound footing when its citizens are able to meet their basic needs, such as access to quality health care, housing, infrastructure, education, job security and what have you. This is what gives credence to decentralisation as a mechanism for bringing governance to the door steps of the citizenry. Ghana introduced its current decentralised governance system since 1992 to devolve central government’s authority to the district level in order to bring governance close to the citizenry. This study assessed the efficacy of Ghana’s decentralisation system as a mechanism for promoting good governance using the Kpandai District of the Northern Region of Ghana as a case study. The study benefited from both secondary and primary data collected and analysed using both the quantitative and qualitative research strategies. The study suggested that citizens’ participation in both local and national level decision making processes were low mai...
Journal of Law Policy and Globalization, 2014
It has been argued that the problems associated with the contemporary Globalisation process in re... more It has been argued that the problems associated with the contemporary Globalisation process in relation to Social Welfare provision since the second half of the 20 th Century can be traced to its Neo-liberal ideological dominance since Neo-liberalism privileges market provision that has limited redistributive effect. Indeed, the application of Neo-liberal policy approaches to the development process was modified since the latter part of the 1990s due to the realisation that markets need states and states need markets, and unless Neo-liberalism is regulated and supported by public policy, it cannot make a desired impact on development. This paper explores the impact of Globalisation on Social Welfare provision globally. The paper benefits from an extensive literature review data was conducted for the Authors Doctoral Thesis from 2006 to 2010 (Achanso 2014). The analysis suggests that Globalisation has a long history and has been driven by different ideological underpinnings at various points in history with the contemporary Globalisation process being driven by the neo-liberal ideology, which has been blamed for the negative consequences of Globlisation on social welfare provision. The paper concludes that there is a need for mutual collaboration between global institutions or market forces and nationstates to limit the negative consequences of Globlisation on social welfare provision in order to ensure desirable development outcomes globally.
Ghana Journal of Development Studies, 2015
This paper examines the impact of donor support to Ghana's Basic Education sector since the 1987 ... more This paper examines the impact of donor support to Ghana's Basic Education sector since the 1987 Education Sector Reforms. It explores the extents to which donor support had contributed to the mitigating the challenges of basic education in Ghana in order to determine what remains. The paper draws on extensive literature sources and in-depth interviews with donor agencies and policymakers that are connected to the provision of Basic Education in Ghana. The data was collected for a doctoral thesis between 2006 and 2011. The paper argues that while donor support had sought to contribute to the resolution of many of the challenges facing Ghana's Basic Education sector, many of the challenges remain. It found that there have been positive impacts such as gender parity at the basic level, improvements enrolment, attainment and complete rates yet others such as management inefficiency, poor motivation and teacher commitment, within sector challenges, weak supervision and ineffective sector coordination remain. Hence, it has been suggested that much more collaboration between donors and the Ghanaian government is needed to effectively tackle the persistent Basic Education sector challenges.
Ghana Journal of Development Studies
Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In G... more Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In Ghana, flooding has become a yearly ritual, displacing many community members, destroying farmlands, and cutting off communities. The state institution mandated to coordinate and manage disasters is the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO). However, NADMO is always overwhelmed with the level of humanitarian assistance required by flood victims annually due to limited resources. Floods management in Ghana is largely reactionary and short-term, hence the need for long-term planning. The researchers therefore used both secondary and primary data to investigate the drivers and gaps in the existing flood management approaches. The findings showed that inadequate funding, non-enforcement of settlement and farming laws; unhealthy environmental practices and low investments in flood containment infrastructure were the drivers of the perennial floods in Ghana. The major gap identified...
Child abuse review, Mar 1, 2024
Women in cocoa and shea communities have traditionally relied on the extraction of environmental ... more Women in cocoa and shea communities have traditionally relied on the extraction of environmental resources for their livelihoods. Due to climatic, economic and social variabilities however, the traditional sources are no longer able to sustain their households and as a result, women are gradually up taking some alternative livelihood sources particularly during offseason. This study explored the effect of such alternative livelihood sources in the cocoa and shea communities on the physical environment. A case study design was employed for the study. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were the main means for obtaining the requisite data from 131 respondents; 88.7% of whom were women drawn from ten communities in three regions in ve geographic districts in Ghana. The study revealed that about eighteen alternative livelihood sources pursued by women were key in providing the needs of most households and their effect on the physical environment was negligible. The exceptions were vegetable cultivation, guinea fowl rearing and dawadawa processing in some communities which recorded appreciable negative effect largely due to poor management practices. The study recommended that, to improve and sustain the quality of the environment, there was the need for proper waste disposal practices and the enforcement of policies and laws that prohibit the use of pesticides and other harmful chemicals used in the alternative livelihood activities.
Ghana Journal of Geography
Despite the Sustainable Development Goals which have been adopted since September 2015, researchf... more Despite the Sustainable Development Goals which have been adopted since September 2015, researchfindings on sectoral achievements of the gaols are inadequate. This study ascertained the approaches,effectiveness, implications and challenges of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and OrganisationalDevelopment as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), in promoting access to water, sanitation andhygiene (WASH) through its water for resilience project in rural communities of the Lawra Municipalityand Nandom District of the north-western corridor of Ghana. A before-and-after study design with mixedmethods research approach was used, and theoretically dictated by the Malongza’s model. Sample sizesof 400 for ex-ante evaluation and 260 at the ex-post evaluation stages were used. It was found that theintervention improved WASH technologies and services, provided schools with vegetables, equippedwomen with livelihood opportunities and reduced diarrheal diseases, but challenged by implementatio...
International journal of childhood education, Feb 16, 2023
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to date, remains the most releva... more The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to date, remains the most relevant and comprehensive international instrument on Children's rights. However, its implementation has suffered drawbacks stemming from administrative, cultural, economic, and ideological diversities of member-states; thus slowing down the promotion of Children's welfare in many respects. That stated, many countries of both Global North and South are stepping up their efforts concerning child rights and welfare promotion in recent times. This study examines child welfare promotion in Ghana through structural, legal, social, and policy interventions by the state, in keeping with UNCRC provisions. The case study design model mainly employed an exploratory qualitative research approach that involved 20 participants and was underpinned by an interpretivist philosophical paradigm. The study argues that the government's social intervention activities, as well as, its institutional and legal reforms have come to impact positively on the promotion and protection of child welfare. These gains notwithstanding, the implementation processes are still plagued with challenges of inadequate funding of programs as underpinned by a lack of political will. Against this backdrop, the study urges governments to back their numerous action plans with adequate financial, technical, and human resource provisions for the realization of Convention goals; while stiffer punishments are meted out to violators of child rights. This study provides member-states, governmental agencies, child policymakers, and civil society basic insights into child rights and welfare promotion, in keeping with the tenets of UNCRC provisions.
Public Policy and Administration Research, 2016
A country’s democracy isentrenched when its citizenry participate actively in itsdemocratic proce... more A country’s democracy isentrenched when its citizenry participate actively in itsdemocratic processes. This realisation has been the driving force for democratic nations, including Ghana, to implement civic education programmes to enlighten the citizenry on civic issuesin order to enhance their democratic participation. This study explored the impact of civic education by the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) on political participation in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study, which is an Mphil thesis,benefitted from both secondary and primary data, as well as the quantitative and qualitative research strategies for data collection and analysis.The study suggests that beneficiaries of civic education in the study area had high level of political participation, including the readiness to vote, join political party, contest elections, participate in community service and demanding accountability from duty bearers. This confirms the Civic Vo...
African Journal of Sustainable Development, 2015
Since independence, Ghana has adopted different strategies in a quest for a sustainable economic ... more Since independence, Ghana has adopted different strategies in a quest for a sustainable economic development agenda to better the lives of her citizens. The Nkrumah administration initiated the process through an Import-Substitution Industrialisation-led economic development policy agenda from 1957 to 1966. That was followed by an Economic Liberalisation development policy agenda from 1968 to 1972. Then came the „Operation Feed Yourself‟ and „Operation Feed Your Industry‟ economic development policy agenda from 1972 to 1978. Political instability between 1978 and 1980 meant that Ghana would not chart any clear cut economic development policy agenda until 1981 onwards when the country reverted to the Economic Liberalisation development policy agenda. This paper examines the role of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Ghana‟s quest for a sustainable economic development policy agenda since independence to date. The paper benefits from extensive secondary data on the ...
Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In G... more Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In Ghana, flooding has become a yearly ritual, displacing many community members, destroying farmlands, and cutting off communities. The state institution mandated to coordinate and manage disasters is the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO). However, NADMO is always overwhelmed with the level of humanitarian assistance required by flood victims annually due to limited resources. Floods management in Ghana is largely reactionary and shortterm, hence the need for long-term planning. The researchers therefore used both secondary and primary data to investigate the drivers and gaps in the existing flood management approaches. The findings showed that inadequate funding, non
Ghana Journal of Development Studies
Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In G... more Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In Ghana, flooding has become a yearly ritual, displacing many community members, destroying farmlands, and cutting off communities. The state institution mandated to coordinate and manage disasters is the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO). However, NADMO is always overwhelmed with the level of humanitarian assistance required by flood victims annually due to limited resources. Floods management in Ghana is largely reactionary and short-term, hence the need for long-term planning. The researchers therefore used both secondary and primary data to investigate the drivers and gaps in the existing flood management approaches. The findings showed that inadequate funding, non-enforcement of settlement and farming laws; unhealthy environmental practices and low investments in flood containment infrastructure were the drivers of the perennial floods in Ghana. The major gap identified...
American Journal of Leadership and Governance
Purpose: Globally, and most especially in Africa, researchers seem not to have sufficiently expla... more Purpose: Globally, and most especially in Africa, researchers seem not to have sufficiently explained the underlying factors that influence electorates’ choices. Thus, studies often reveal a myriad of factors that determine this behavior of voters. While some scholars posit rationality as the underlying factor, others suggest idiosyncratic factors in that regard. These conflicting positions indicate that the motivation of electorates’ choices is multifaceted. In Ghana, few studies have investigated the phenomenon in the Northern part of the country. This study, therefore, explored the phenomenon with regard to elections in the Kumbungu Constituency of Northern Ghana. Methodology: Underpinned by the three dominant theories; the sociological model, the psychological model and the rational-choice theory, the study employed an explanatory sequential mixed-method design to gather data thereof. A combination of purposive sampling methods was employed to select information rich cases. The ...
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
Three decades have now passed since the promulgation of the United Nations Convention on the Righ... more Three decades have now passed since the promulgation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1989. Despite the almost universal ratification of the CRC, as well as the heightened global awareness of the prevalence of child labour, the phenomenon persists. Following the ratification of the CRC, the rights-based approach to combating child labour became the dominant theoretical perspective. By problematising the dominant child-rights framework, this paper contributes to the discourse on child labour by arguing for a more nuanced approach to addressing the phenomenon. The paper achieves this objective by underscoring the importance of understanding and engaging with the reasons why children work, the socio-economic contexts within which they work, and why policies designed to address child labour should address the structural barriers that directly and indirectly promote child labour.
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2021
Children form the foundation of every society. They are expected to be trained, supported and gui... more Children form the foundation of every society. They are expected to be trained, supported and guided to become responsible to the society. In Ghana, the 1992 constitution (Article 28, clause 1), the children’s Act (Act 560) and the Child Rights Regulations 2002 (LI.1705) are among the measures put in place to promote the wellbeing of children in the country. However, there are significant numbers of children who are living in many city streets in Ghana including the Tamale metropolis. These street children are living the life that has the tendency to affect their physical and mental development. This paper examines the challenges street children in Tamale face and their coping strategies. It also explores various policy options to ensure their continuous education. The study used a case study design to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. Findings of the research show that street children encounter challenges related to accommodation, education, sexual abuse, health, secu...
The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, 2021
Introduction The term, democracy which is derived from two Greek words, 'demos', meaning people a... more Introduction The term, democracy which is derived from two Greek words, 'demos', meaning people and 'kratein' meaning to govern or to rule is steep in history; tracing its roots to the ancient Greek City-States in the Fifth Century BC. In literal terms, democracy encompasses the rule of the people by the people themselves and it is a government of the majority (Khan, 2005). In a similar vein, Abraham Lincoln defines democracy as, "…. a government of the people, by the people and for the people". Furthermore, as Becker (Khan, 2005) strongly posits, democracy entails a government of the people and one that is composed by the majority. In its widest meaning, therefore, the term democracy, refers to a system of governance in which rulers are held accountable for their actions within the public realm, by the indirect action of citizens and through the cooperation of their elected representatives (Dahl, 1971; Friedrich, 1968). In essence therefore, the term that is linked with the best practices of constitutional rule and good governance in modern times, refers to a system of government wherein; supreme power of a state is vested in the citizens that can either be exercised directly by themselves or indirectly through representatives that are elected or appointed by the citizens. Thus, the concepts of democracy and good governance have come to be the basic requirements for sustainable development worldwide (Grindle, 2004; Khan, 2005). The concept though, goes beyond a set of constitutional rules and procedures that determine how a government functions, since government, is only a subset of the democratic society that contains other elements such as complex institutions, political parties, organizations and associations. It is an undeniable fact that, democratic governance enhances transparency, accountability, rule of law, adherence to fundamental human
European Journal of Business and Management, 2016
Women own a substantial percentage of small scale enterprises worldwide and play critical roles i... more Women own a substantial percentage of small scale enterprises worldwide and play critical roles in rural development. They, however, remain disadvantaged in terms of access to financial support for starting and expanding their businesses. This paper examined the prospects and challenges of developing women-owned businesses through micro-finance as a strategy for poverty alleviation in the Nanumba North and South Districts of the Northern Region of Ghana. Applying the mixed research methodological research strategy to explore the subject, the paper suggests that women micro-enterprise development through micro-finance positively impacted on the lives of rural women entrepreneurs and their households regarding self-employment, better incomes, household food security, enrolment and retention of children in school, greater access to health care and access to information on reproductive health issues. In this regard, the paper argues that strategies that aim at boosting rural women’s pro...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021
Culture and sport are frequently seen as having societal consequences. The participation of women... more Culture and sport are frequently seen as having societal consequences. The participation of women in sports and physical activities is influenced in a variety of ways. Female participation in Sports/games and physical activities could have a significant positive impact on an individual's physical, cultural, traditional/customs mental, and social well-being. The purpose of this research is to look at some of the Cultural/Customs and Traditional belief systems that influence women's engagement in physical activities and games in Northern region colleges of education. The researchers employed a survey research approach to study about the cultural/customs and traditional belief systems that influence female engagement in sports/games and physical activities. Female students from the four colleges of education in the Northern region (Bagabaga College, E.P College-Bimbilla, Tamale College, and St' Vincent College-Yendi) were the target population. The study identified some key findings of Cultural/Customs and Traditional belief practice which include, women's access to information is limited by strict customs observation, myths, place of the woman is in the kitchen, curses and taboos based on effects on their reproductive organs, and women lose their femininity through active participation in sports, female genital mutilation, and women cleansing are some of the belief systems that contribute to women's low participation in sports/games and physical activity. The study also identified other factors such as, Religious Beliefs/Norms, gender limitations, sociological and physiological variables that influence female engagement in sports/games and physical activities. It is recommended that the use of cultural enlightenment educational programmes that will demystify all traditional/customs and cultural belief systems and biases against female participation in sporting, games and physical activities in our communities. Use of Legislation to promote Cultural/Customs and Traditional physical activities in schools.
Turnover among teaching staff in our universities are mostly due to dissatisfaction with their jo... more Turnover among teaching staff in our universities are mostly due to dissatisfaction with their jobs. Employee job satisfaction is of utmost importance to stimulating and sustaining the interest of the individual in order to prevent employee turnover. There are many factors influencing employee job satisfaction and preventing employee turnover. Factors such as salary, working conditions, cordial relationship with colleagues at work, opportunities for job progression among several other factors. The objective of this paper was to explore the extent to which these factors, affect employee job satisfaction and prevent turnover among lecturers in the University for Development Studies using the cross-sectional design and quantitative approach of data collection. Survey questionnaires were employed as data collection instruments to elicit information from 287 lecturers recruited from the University for Development Studies within the Tamale Metropolis. Multiple regression was used to estab...
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2020
A country’s democratic process is considered to be on a sound footing when its citizens are able ... more A country’s democratic process is considered to be on a sound footing when its citizens are able to meet their basic needs, such as access to quality health care, housing, infrastructure, education, job security and what have you. This is what gives credence to decentralisation as a mechanism for bringing governance to the door steps of the citizenry. Ghana introduced its current decentralised governance system since 1992 to devolve central government’s authority to the district level in order to bring governance close to the citizenry. This study assessed the efficacy of Ghana’s decentralisation system as a mechanism for promoting good governance using the Kpandai District of the Northern Region of Ghana as a case study. The study benefited from both secondary and primary data collected and analysed using both the quantitative and qualitative research strategies. The study suggested that citizens’ participation in both local and national level decision making processes were low mai...
Journal of Law Policy and Globalization, 2014
It has been argued that the problems associated with the contemporary Globalisation process in re... more It has been argued that the problems associated with the contemporary Globalisation process in relation to Social Welfare provision since the second half of the 20 th Century can be traced to its Neo-liberal ideological dominance since Neo-liberalism privileges market provision that has limited redistributive effect. Indeed, the application of Neo-liberal policy approaches to the development process was modified since the latter part of the 1990s due to the realisation that markets need states and states need markets, and unless Neo-liberalism is regulated and supported by public policy, it cannot make a desired impact on development. This paper explores the impact of Globalisation on Social Welfare provision globally. The paper benefits from an extensive literature review data was conducted for the Authors Doctoral Thesis from 2006 to 2010 (Achanso 2014). The analysis suggests that Globalisation has a long history and has been driven by different ideological underpinnings at various points in history with the contemporary Globalisation process being driven by the neo-liberal ideology, which has been blamed for the negative consequences of Globlisation on social welfare provision. The paper concludes that there is a need for mutual collaboration between global institutions or market forces and nationstates to limit the negative consequences of Globlisation on social welfare provision in order to ensure desirable development outcomes globally.
Ghana Journal of Development Studies, 2015
This paper examines the impact of donor support to Ghana's Basic Education sector since the 1987 ... more This paper examines the impact of donor support to Ghana's Basic Education sector since the 1987 Education Sector Reforms. It explores the extents to which donor support had contributed to the mitigating the challenges of basic education in Ghana in order to determine what remains. The paper draws on extensive literature sources and in-depth interviews with donor agencies and policymakers that are connected to the provision of Basic Education in Ghana. The data was collected for a doctoral thesis between 2006 and 2011. The paper argues that while donor support had sought to contribute to the resolution of many of the challenges facing Ghana's Basic Education sector, many of the challenges remain. It found that there have been positive impacts such as gender parity at the basic level, improvements enrolment, attainment and complete rates yet others such as management inefficiency, poor motivation and teacher commitment, within sector challenges, weak supervision and ineffective sector coordination remain. Hence, it has been suggested that much more collaboration between donors and the Ghanaian government is needed to effectively tackle the persistent Basic Education sector challenges.
Ghana Journal of Development Studies
Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In G... more Flooding has become one form of disaster that has become both a national and global concern. In Ghana, flooding has become a yearly ritual, displacing many community members, destroying farmlands, and cutting off communities. The state institution mandated to coordinate and manage disasters is the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO). However, NADMO is always overwhelmed with the level of humanitarian assistance required by flood victims annually due to limited resources. Floods management in Ghana is largely reactionary and short-term, hence the need for long-term planning. The researchers therefore used both secondary and primary data to investigate the drivers and gaps in the existing flood management approaches. The findings showed that inadequate funding, non-enforcement of settlement and farming laws; unhealthy environmental practices and low investments in flood containment infrastructure were the drivers of the perennial floods in Ghana. The major gap identified...