Strategies of Survival: The Well-being of Builsa Women in the Upper East Region of Northern Ghana.
Journal Title: Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 17
Abstract
The rural women in Northern Ghana face some persistent constraints that hamper their efforts to enjoy well-being. These have been linked to combined systems of patriarchy, socio-cultural values, environmental and economic issues. Whilst a lot of studies have been done on the challenges of the rural women in these areas, little is known on their ability to thrive in the midst of their numerous disadvantages. Inferring from the Community Capitals Framework by Flora and Flora (2013), this paper highlights some of the disadvantages encountered by the women whilst emphasizing the measures adopted to enhance their well-being. Using the qualitative research method, 20 women from two villages in the Upper East Region served as the participants. Data collection methods included in-depth interviews and Observation. The findings revealed the women were able to adopt means such as engaging in income generating activities, religion, harnessing resources from their natural capital amongst others to thrive regardless of their disadvantages.
Authors and Affiliations
Eunice Abbey
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP330313
- DOI 10.14738/assrj.417.3649.
- Views 74
- Downloads 0
Behavioral Competence On Enterprise Success Of Women Enrepreneurs In Bungoma, Kenya
Women represent more than a one third of the world population and their contribution to the development and transformation of a country in terms of value creation and job creation. Behavioral competencies are critical in...
The Cultural Self-Awareness Study in the Mediated English Teaching Context—A WeChat Public Account Perspective
With the increasing convergence between English teaching and the media technologies, WeChat public accounts have been broadly applied in English teaching in China. Based on the theory of Cultural Self-Awareness(CSA) and...
Caring For The Physical Environment: Perceptions Of Secondary School Students In Botswana
The importance of the environment to human kind cannot be disputed since people exist because of the natural environment therefore the responsibility of taking proper care of it lies with human beings of which young peop...
Patterns and Mechanisms of Ant Diversity in Two Types of Land Use within Protected Forest Area Sirimau City of Ambon Maluku Province
Ants are the biodiversity constituent of 30% of the total insect biomass, very sensitive to changes in habitat structure and the environment in which they live can be an indicator of habitat destruction and ecosystem sta...
Whether locating within industrial parks raises productivity of manufacturing firms? Evidences from Vietnam
During twenty years, 1992 -2010, over 200 industrial parks (IP) have been established in Vietnam. IP probably results in economy of agglomeration, reduction in average total cost and increase for labor productivity. In c...