‘To Beijing and Back’: Reflections on the Influence of the Beijing Conference on Popular Notions of Women’s Empowerment in Ghana
Examines how the 1995 Beijing Conference shaped public understandings of women’s empowerment in Ghana and influenced the work of state institutions and civil society.
Introduction: Women’s Empowerment: Contentions and Contestations
Critically examines dominant understandings of women’s empowerment and calls for greater attention to the changes in women’s everyday lives that produce meaningful and lasting improvements.
Discourses on Women’s Empowerment in Ghana
Examines competing discourses of women’s empowerment in Ghana and considers how government, donors and civil society understand and promote improvements in women’s lives.
Truly National? Social Exclusion and the Ghana@50 Celebrations
Examines public experiences of Ghana’s fiftieth-independence celebrations and shows how political affiliation, age, gender and location shaped perceptions of inclusion and exclusion.
‘Communities of practice’: Prospects for theory and action in participatory development
Challenges conventional ideas of “community” in participatory development and proposes communities of practice, built around shared meanings, as a more flexible approach to collective action.