Women's Organizing in Ghana since the 1990s: From individual organizations to three coalitions

Dzodzi Tsikata focuses on the progress of women's organizing in Ghana over the last ten years. It argues that although hampered by challenges of state society relations and organizational weaknesses arising from NGOization, women's organizations have experienced growth and enjoyed some suc...

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Published in:Development (Society for International Development) 2009-06, Vol.52 (2), p.185-192
Main Author: Tsikata, Dzodzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advocacy
Associations
Citizenship
Civil society
Coalitions
Development and Social Change
Development Economics
Development Policy
Development Studies
dia
Dialogue
Domestic violence
Family violence
Females
Gender
Ghana
Murders & murder attempts
NGO-ization
NGOs
Non-governmental organizations
Nongovernmental Organizations
Organizational change
Organizational dysfunctions
Partisanship
Political activism
Recent political history
Sex crimes
Social change
Social justice
Social movements
Social networks
Social Sciences
State-society relations
Studies
Women
Women's organizations
Women's rights
Womens Rights
Womens rights movements
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Summary:Dzodzi Tsikata focuses on the progress of women's organizing in Ghana over the last ten years. It argues that although hampered by challenges of state society relations and organizational weaknesses arising from NGOization, women's organizations have experienced growth and enjoyed some successes. These can be attributed to the establishment of three women's rights networks to consolidate their work.
ISSN:1011-6370
1461-7072
DOI:10.1057/dev.2009.8