Widows & Orphans Movement – WOM
Aug 2, 2024 · We are inspiring widows and orphans, women, youth, children, the state, civil society, and communities through innovative programmes and projects to create a fair and just Ghana .
For Better for Worse Even After Death: Is ‘Widow Politics’ in Ghana…
Mar 2, 2022 · This paper examined all five identified cases of widow politics in Ghana between 2000 and 2020 (Asutifi South, Shai Osudoku, Ayawaso West Wuogon, Mfantseman and Tempane constituencies) and draws on the widow effect and affirmative action concepts to propose lessons and the possible implication of the practice in Ghana.
Mama Zimbi: The woman who helps Ghana's widows who ... - The Independent
Jul 21, 2015 · Beatrice Adzo Addedet, 74, has been a widow for more than a decade. She lived in Accra with her husband of 35 years, and worked at the airport.
Fighting for Ghana's widows – DW – 02/11/2022 - dw.com
02/11/2022. A female parliamentarian organized a party to feed dozens of widows in her constituency. Advertisement. Ghanaian widows face neglect. After their husbands die, the husband's...
Women’s Survival in Ghana: What Has Law Got to Do With It?
Jul 13, 2020 · Women in Ghana suffer from sustained harmful customary practices and gender inequality, which requires something more than the creation of largely unenforced laws and the signing of aspirational treaties.
For better for worse even after death: A look at 'widows politics' in ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Since the dawn of the Fourth Republic’s dispensation in 1992, the political landscape of Ghana has witnessed an interesting emergence, the rise of widows stepping into the shoes of their deceased...
Rites infringing on rights: How widowhood rites harm women | Ghana …
Feb 10, 2023 · Widows in Ghana face various rites that infringe on their economic, social, and psychological rights, such as levirate marriage, dispossession, and cleansing rituals. These rites are based on cultural beliefs and norms, but they often …
UNHCR Web Archive - Refworld
May 7, 2002 · According to a report published by Empowering Widows in Development (EWD) on the situation of widows in Ghana, what determines the widow's future is how tradition is interpreted at the local level. The practices of communities which are mainly traditionalist and muslim are the most severe on widows. ...
Ghanaian (Akan) women’s experiences of widowhood and …
Mar 19, 2014 · Abstract. This study, part of a larger ethnography, explores the interaction of national inheritance laws and local culture in the everyday lives of Ghanaian (Akan) women who have been widowed. Property ownership is fundamental to women’s economic survival, empowerment, and liberation from abusive relationships.
widows from four towns in two regions in Ghana. All 20 widows, seventeen Christians and three Muslims, reported active involvement in spiritual and religious activities and practices.
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