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Papers by Jewel Amoah

Journal of Church and State, 2021

Objective Headaches are common among youth and are associated with significant negative outcomes.... more Objective Headaches are common among youth and are associated with significant negative outcomes. Despite advances in interdisciplinary treatments for youth with chronic pain, research suggests disparities in access to these services. Methods A total of 186 youth (M = 14.19 years old, 70.8% female) presenting to a neurology appointment at a children’s hospital system were screened using the Pediatric Pain Screening Tool (PPST), a brief, validated measure to identify youth that may benefit from additional pain management services. Results Two-thirds of participants (n = 124, 66.7%) screened as medium or high risk on the PPST. Risk categorization did not vary by patient age or sex. A greater proportion of Hispanic/Latino patients were categorized as low-risk relative to non-Hispanic/Latino patients (55.6% vs. 30.1%), and a somewhat lower proportion of patients of color were categorized as medium-risk relative to White patients (14.0% vs. 30.5%). Three-quarters (n = 94, 75.8%) of patients who were screened as medium or high risk were not referred for any additional pain management services. Referrals did not vary by patient age or ethnicity. While not statistically significant, a lower proportion of males received referrals at both medium (8.3% vs. 17.6%) and high levels of risk (15.8% vs. 34.5%), and a greater proportion of youth of color who screened as medium risk received referrals relative to White youth categorized as medium risk (37.5% vs. 10.3%). Conclusion Future research should continue to explore factors influencing decision-making regarding referral to specialized pain management services for youth with headache.

Journal of Law and Religion, 2008

On Sunday, January 20, 2007, Tony Yengeni, former Chief Whip of South…

Nat'l Black LJ, 1994

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines pornography as:" The explicit description or e... more The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines pornography as:" The explicit description or exhibition of sexual subjects or activity in literature, painting, films, etc., in a manner intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic feelings."'This definition in itself should suffice to ...

Essex Human Rights Review, 2007

Somewhere in the balance between protecting human rights and promoting culture hangs the girl-chi... more Somewhere in the balance between protecting human rights and promoting culture hangs the girl-child, on the margins of equality. In order to move the girl-child from the margin to the centre of equality, any analysis must give full consideration to her intersecting identities, as well as the cultural context in which she lives. The method of analysis proposed herein is the GRACE model, and is premised on the fact that Gender, Race, Age and Culture intersect to inform the girl-child's particular Experience of the world. The way in which the girl-child experiences the world is traditionally negative, as it is characterized by disadvantage, marginalization and discrimination of the girl-child, vis-à-vis other members of her society. The GRACE analysis is suggested as a means to demarginalize the girl-child, and empower her through fully acknowledging her intersecting identity. This article argues that there is a cultural context to rights, and that the specific rights that the girl-child lacks may vary from culture to culture. Despite this variation in rights, the link between culture and lack is one that identifies the girl-child in all cultures. By way of example, reference is made to the cultural practices of Trokosi (sexual slavery) in Ghana, and female infanticide. Through these practices the girl-child is marginalized, because of the intersection of her gender, age, race and culture. Since it is the intersection of these characteristics that has disadvantaged the girl-child, the solution must also lie in a thorough analysis of the intersectionality. The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child are presented as international human rights instruments which prescribe the human rights of children. However, without a consideration of the intersecting identity of the girl-child, and a corresponding intersectionality analysis to rights promotion and protection, these instruments fall short of the needs of the girl-child. If the girl-child's right to substantive equality is to be fully realized, then consideration must be given to her intersecting identity and the cultural context in which she lives. Anything less aggravates the burden of inequality borne on the shoulders of the girl-child. The GRACE analysis however, empowers the girl-child to stand tall, liberated by the acknowledgment of her intersecting identity, rather than stooped under the weight of inequality and disadvantage that results from a failure to consider her intersecting identity. 2 Greschner explains that 'unlike formal equality approaches, which exclude people's lives from their lens, any substantive method for interpreting section 15 must look at the impact of a particular law on people's circumstances, both on those to whom the law applies and on those who are excluded.' See Donna Greschner, '

Domestic Violence in the Anglophone Caribbean

National Black law journal, 1997

Back on the Auction Block: A Discussion of Black Women and Pornography Jewel D. Amoah* INTRODUCTI... more Back on the Auction Block: A Discussion of Black Women and Pornography Jewel D. Amoah* INTRODUCTION The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines pornography as: The explicit description or exhibition of sexual subjects or activity in literature, painting, films, etc., in a manner intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic feelings. ' This definition in itself should suffice to say that por- nography, having no aesthetic value (that is, not being in accordance with the principles of good taste), has no useful function in society. Unfortu- nately however, the argument is not that simplistic. Some contend that pornography does indeed serve a useful purpose in society, in that it re- lieves people's inhibitions or the taboos associated with sexual activity by making such activity public, voyeuristic, even artistic. This argument as- sumes that repeated display of explicit sexual activity will alter societal mo- res so that such display will eventually lose its shock val...

Equality, an ideal that like should be treated alike, lies at the heart of most national constitu... more Equality, an ideal that like should be treated alike, lies at the heart of most national constitutions and all international human rights instruments. Despite its ancient origins, however, this principle is far from being achieved in practice. Hence, in the search for full substantive equality, critical legal scholars put forward a theory and accompanying analytical framework of intersectionality. Using South Africa as an example, this thesis examines the realisation of the constitutional promise of equality for those who have been traditionally marginalised by reason of their intersecting race and gender identities. The process of navigating this identity intersection is complicated by the cultural diversity that is a feature of South African society. The Constitution nevertheless, encourages such diversity, and goes even further to give equal recognition to the coexisting systems of common and customary law that are rooted in Western and post-colonial African cultures, respectivel...

Berkeley Journal of Gender Law Justice, 2013

Global Perspectives, 2012

In relying on the metaphor of the Garden of Equality and the living trees of constitutional, comm... more In relying on the metaphor of the Garden of Equality and the living trees of constitutional, common law, and customary law, this chapter develops and applies an analytical tool in the form of the acronym GRACE, to represent an African girl child whose gender, race, age, and culture intersect to impact on her experience of equality. In proposing the Garden of Equality as a metaphorical tool to address GRACE’s struggle for equality in contemporary South Africa, this chapter is divided into four parts. Part I examines the notion of intersectionality and explains why an intersectionality analysis is required to gain insight into who GRACE is and where she is situated in contemporary South African society, as well as to illustrate the value of an intersectionality analysis in securing GRACE’s right to equality.