Informal Taxation and Gender in the Ghanaian Informal Economy
Type:
Informal Economy & Work
Examines how formal and informal taxation affects workers and enterprises in Accra’s informal economy, with particular attention to differences by gender, sector and position within informal value chains.
Platform Livelihoods Ghana
Type:
Gender & Women’s Empowerment
Examines young women’s experiences of platform work in Ghana and explores how the increasing digitisation of work affects women’s livelihoods, working conditions and opportunities for economic empowerment.
After Access (Qualitative Study of Gender and Digital Technologies)
Type:
Gender & Women’s Empowerment
Explores changing barriers to the adoption and use of digital technologies in sub-Saharan Africa, with particular attention to emerging “after-access” challenges and the evidence needed for context-specific policy and regulatory responses.
Green Jobs and Young People in Africa: Ghana Study
Type:
Youth, Education & Employment
Investigates the aspirations and barriers experienced by young Ghanaians from disadvantaged backgrounds, especially young women, in accessing green jobs and explores how environmentally sustainable employment can contribute to fulfilling livelihoods.
Gender Equitable and Transformative Social Policy for Post-COVID-19 Africa (GETSPA)
Type:
Social Policy & Development
Examines how social policy is framed and valued in Africa, its relationship with economic policy, and its effects on gender, class and spatial inequalities, with the aim of advancing a transformative and gender-equitable social policy agenda.
Migrants, Queenmothers and Gender-based Violence in Ghana
Type:
Gender & Women’s Empowerment
Examines the prevention of and responses to gender-based violence within migrant communities in Ghana, focusing on the help- and justice-seeking experiences of female Nigerian migrants.