Towards Household Poverty Reduction in Ghana: The role of Women in the Bongo District of Northern Ghana
Journal Title: Journal of the Human and Social Science Researches - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
The roles of women are categorized into three: reproductive, productive or economic, and community management. This study focused on the productive and economic roles women play to reduce poverty at the household level. Both primary and secondary data were used in the study. The primary data involved interview and observation whereas secondary data involved a review of literature from journals, articles, text books and the internet. The sampling techniques used were simple random sampling and purposive sampling. The study identified farming and trading as the major occupations among women in the Bongo district. Income earnings from these occupations alone by the women could not meet their daily basic needs and the need to cater needs of children and the aged, supporting husbands and avoiding stigmatization of being lazy constitutes major reasons for women engaging in most of the petty economic activities even though it is not rewarded financially.
Authors and Affiliations
Jones OPOKU-WARE| Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Institute of Distance Learning, Kumasi, Ghana opokuwarejns@yahoo.co.uk
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