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Darwin Leavell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Gender inequality limits women's ability to make decisions in their best interest and behave independently of the male patriarch in the home. These inequalities can result in limited access to healthcare, support, services, and positive outcomes from receiving medical care. In addition, women deemed to have a lower social status than men do not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Sex Fairness, Academic Aspiration
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Ayentimi, Desmond Tutu; Abadi, Hossein Ali – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
This article is grounded on an exploratory inquiry to explain the low rates of female academics in Ghana's higher education sector and its implication for higher education policy and practice. Though our article shows the continued presence of institutional barriers, the evidence suggests that these are strongly fortified by dispositional (women's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, College Faculty, Higher Education
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Opoku, Maxwell Peprah; Nketsia, William; Agyei-Okyere, Elvis; Oginni, Oyewole Simon; Torgbenu, Eric Lawer – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2022
The call to practise inclusive education in African countries has coincided with efforts to promote deeper cooperation in the education sector. Ghana and Nigeria have adopted a common curriculum to facilitate the development of people in the West African sub-region. In both countries, while much is known about the challenges faced by teachers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Parent Attitudes, Knowledge Level
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Okyere-Kwakye, Eugene; Nor, Khalil Md – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2020
While extensive studies have been conducted to understand the factors that influence individual intentions to share knowledge, a review of the literature shows that these studies did not consider the effect of the individual sentiment of the knowledge sharer in the act of sharing knowledge. Individuals coming from different tribes might have…
Descriptors: Intention, Sharing Behavior, Tribes, Foreign Countries
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Williams, Frances E.; Taron, Avinandan – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2020
Purpose: The need to increase women's access to extension has been extensively discussed. This paper assesses women's access to extension services through the Plantwise extension approach as a baseline for future comparison of women's access through other extension approaches. It also assesses whether crops that men and women farmers seek plant…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Gender Differences, Agronomy, Plants (Botany)
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Amponteng, Michael; Opoku, Maxwell Peprah; Agyei-Okyere, Elvis; Afriyie, Sally Adwoa; Tawiah, Richard – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2019
The significant contribution of parents towards education of children has been well explored in the literature. In effort towards practicing inclusive education, parents have been urged to work closely with teachers in order to sustain inclusive practices. In Ghana, the Inclusive Education Policy document has reiterated the need for diverse…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Educational Practices, Students with Disabilities, Educational Policy