ABSTRACT HIV/AIDS and increasing population levels are topical issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Male condoms may be the solution to these two problems. The vulnerability of urban poor communities in Accra to these problems cannot be overlooked. It is essential to find out the level of male condom usage in such urban poor communities. This study primarily sought to compare male condom use among three urban poor communities in Accra. The study also investigated the influence of community of reside...
ABSTRACT Health is important in socio-economic development as well as the well-being of the public globally. The media play a pivotal role in transmitting information and educating the public through message construction and presentation, a role which can be directed in the area of health. Given that television news programs reach millions of audiences and play a substantial role in the provision of information and education; and in the shaping of community concerns, television news coverage ...
ABSTRACT This study assesses the gaps associated with official procedural plan of the Forestry Commission’s Scheme of Service (SoS) and the dynamics of its actual implementation over the years. Additionally, the study also seeks to address the perceived imbalance between different categories of staff with respect to work definition, career progression, salaries and remunerations within the service structure of the FC. A cross-sectoral survey was carried out among Eighty, (80) staff in the f...
Abstract Consistent condom use is one of the best ways of stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) throughout Ghana. Unfortunately, barriers exist that keep people from using condoms during sex. These barriers range from cultural and religious barriers to barriers resulting from the undesired or lack of sensation condoms provide. This study looks at perceived barriers to condom use in general, but then takes a closer look at those barriers related to cond...
ABSTRACT Reducing irregular migration is a policy priority of most states in North Africa. In the last decade, North African countries have implemented a range of practical measures to prevent and reduce irregular migration to, through and from the region to Europe. With various states taking different approaches to irregular migration dependent on their overall policies and peculiar experiences of irregular migration, this study aims to understand the policy interventions that the Egyptian ...
ABSTRACT The enthusiasm to expand the frontiers of Theatre Studies and practice in Ghana informed the need to conduct this research. Whereas much has been done with the practice and development of text-based theatre, not much can be said about the development and popularity of devised theatre in Ghana. Theatre productions in Ghana are often text-based and fashioned on the conventional hierarchical structure of a director asserting command over the other players in the theatre. The seeming lo...
ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between female education and fertility in urban poor communities, namely James Town, Usher Town and Agbogboloshie. Using the second round of the 2011 Urban and Health Project data conducted by the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), fertility levels for different educational categories were estimated. The unit of analysis for the study was women in their reproductive ages (15–49). A sample of five hundred and forty three (543) wom...
ABSTRACT This paper is a study of the possible impact of gender in the societal attitudes towards rape, rape victims and perpetrators. Under the subject of Gender and Sexualities, this paper seeks to find new ways to eradicate the problem of rape by studying the impact of societal attitudes through gender and gender role stereotyping, and their influence on sex and sexuality. A study of a possible rape culture is also an examination of the deeply embedded power structures that create inequal...
ABSTRACT There is a new wave of optimism across Africa with the advent of open market and support of private enterprise by many governments after years of a tight public sector led development. Accompanying the euphoria of entrepreneurship is the phenomenon of tech start-ups. The study of tech-start-ups is still in its nascent stages in academic circles on the continent. There is limited literature on the prospects tech start-ups can have on socioeconomic development in Africa. As a result, ...
ABSTRACT Essay writing is usually a frequently used mode of testing of language competence in schools in Ghana. Thus, when students write essays, it is mainly for academic purposes. Quite often, for purposes of testing, students are required to use, among other things, a variety of sentence types and this is attested to by the marking scheme of the WAEC English Language Examinations. Again, research evidence appears to suggest that ESL students studying at an advanced level of education use ...
ABSTRACT In June 2014, the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea adopted the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (the Malabo Protocol) and called on AU Member States to sign and ratify it. The study examined the potential effect the Malabo Protocol will have on the fight against impunity in Africa. The study further examined the relevance of the unaccustomed ‘international’ crim...
ABSTRACT The importance of reading cannot be overemphasized. It is one of the means through which most of the knowledge we possess now was acquired. Due to the importance of reading, its acquisition must be given a special attention. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the Language Experience Approach on the reading performance of primary three pupils at the La Anglican Basic School in Accra. The focus was to ascertain whether the use of the Language Experience Approach co...
ABSTRACT Obstetric fistula is a preventable, treatable, but most often neglected medical condition, in which a woman constantly leaks urine, faeces from a hole created between the birth canal and the urinary bladder and/or rectum as a result of delayed labour. Some studies have noted that obstetric fistula is a condition that deprives its victims of their human rights because of stigmatization from their family, friends and society at large. Knowledge on the condition has, however, been note...
ABSTRACT The problem of making meaning from a textbook by basic school pupils in order to maximise their learning potential in Ghana is a constant worry. Research into ways of solving this problem at such a time is of great importance to all stakeholders alike. The objectives of this project is to explore the possibility of incorporating drama in picture reading and assess the effectiveness of drama in the teaching of English comprehension through picture reading at St. Peter’s Anglican B...
ABSTRACT The challenges of access to educational resources (including print information resource and learning materials) and the problems of social inclusion facing visually impaired students are well documented.