dc.contributor.author | Dogbey, Samuel Yao | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-12T11:52:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-12T11:52:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2459914 | |
dc.description | Master's thesis Global development and planning UT505 - University of Agder 2017 | nb_NO |
dc.description.abstract | Decentralization is acknowledged to be one of the most suitable forms of governance that
makes room for greater participation of the citizenry for good governance and
participatory democracy worldwide. Equitable participation of both genders in politics
and governance is essential to building and sustaining this democracy and Ghana is not
an exemption. However, this equitable participation of women in local governance in
Africa is disheartening. This thesis was conducted to examine the extent of women
participation in local governance in the Akatsi South District of Ghana. Mixed
methodology was employed in the study with 8 semi-structured interviews and 28
administered questionnaires.
Liberal feminist theory was used to put the research into its proper theoretical framework.
The adoption of the liberal feminist theory as the theoretical framework for this study
augmented our understanding of the extent of women participation in local governance in
Akatsi South District, Ghana.
Findings revealed that the women participation in local governance in Akatsi South
District is very low. This is supported by the fact that over the years, number of women
elected to the Assembly is on the decline. The current Assembly comprises of twentyeight
elected members and none is a woman; buttressing low level of women
participation in local governance in the District. In addition, the study identified financial
and monetization of the political space, lack of education and higher education, cultural
and religious factors, inferiority complex on part of the women, lack of community
support among others as the reasons for low participation of women in local governance in Akatsi South District. Furthermore, the respondents revealed that education and
awareness creation, financial support, family/husband support, introduction of quota
system for women and support from NGOs and women groups as strategies for
increasing women participation in local governance in Akatsi South District | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Universitetet i Agder ; University of Agder | nb_NO |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.subject | UT505 | nb_NO |
dc.title | Women's participation in local government : a case study of Akatsi South District Assembly of the Volta region of Ghana | nb_NO |
dc.type | Master thesis | nb_NO |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240 | nb_NO |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Kvinne- og kjønnsstudier: 370 | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | XII, 86 p. | nb_NO |