Papers by Amanda Odoi
Journal of Forensic Nursing
Aims Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a global public health crisis, impacting universi... more Aims Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a global public health crisis, impacting university youth around the world. The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) determine the best methodology for conducting a campus climate survey at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana and (b) gather data on SGBV knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors from a representative sample of students. Methods This descriptive study included three phases: (a) develop a campus climate survey unique to UCC, (b) develop a sampling methodology, and (c) deploy the first ever campus climate survey at UCC. Results A 71-item survey was developed and then administered via a student portal to 2,000 students. Of those students, 1,381 (69.1%) responded. Although most students (63.2%) know the university has a sexual harassment policy, fewer have seen it (25.9%) or read it (22.3%). Students held generally positive views of how the university would respond to reports of sexual harassment, although 50.2% of parti...
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Social Sciences & Humanities Open
The COVID-19 outbreak effects and related state responses, especially mobility restriction interv... more The COVID-19 outbreak effects and related state responses, especially mobility restriction interventions, contributed to disruption in livelihoods in the coastal communities in Ghana. This paper uses an ethnographic approach to analyse the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and coping strategies adopted by small-scale fishers, fish traders and processors. We argued that focusing solely on the livelihoods of formal sector workers is problematic because it fails to consider the dynamics of informal coastal workers. Findings indicate that fishers, fish traders and processors experienced various effects on food, income, police harassment, and coping strategies, including migration, resorting to reusable face masks and food-compromising practices. Infectious diseases such as COVID-19 impact coastal people and their livelihoods. Therefore, implementing social protection measures to mitigate the effects of pandemics on livelihoods should be better coordinated and well-targeted to reach the most vulnerable. Findings from this study offer pointers to position preparedness and response efforts to future outbreaks in a similar context.
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University of Cape Coast, Aug 1, 2019
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As a typical patriarchal society, men in Ghana hold so much authority in every sphere of their li... more As a typical patriarchal society, men in Ghana hold so much authority in every sphere of their lives. Socialisation plays the focal role in this by creating men as the heads, dominant and so on. Out of these men attain the privileged positions of caretakers and providers of women which also grants them right to discipline them. Women in marriage have thus also come to accept the rule and headship of husbands and their subordinate position in the home even also these men beating them. Using the social constructionist theory, this paper argues that culture is the main contributing factor to the persistency of violence as a gendered phenomenon. This paper thus explored how culture persistently creates the gendered nature of violence. The findings reveal that the continuous socialisation which states men as the authority both in private and public sphere and must be adhered to will never change the gendered nature of violence.
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Sustainability
Academics and policymakers have been paying close attention to the impact of climate change on mi... more Academics and policymakers have been paying close attention to the impact of climate change on migration in recent years. This phenomenon piqued interest because the factors driving environmentally induced migration are complex and manifold. Noticeably, there has been considerable scholarship on climate change and migration in Africa. However, there has not been a concerted effort to periodically review the existing literature to systematically document the state of scholarship. Using a standardized systematic review procedures to analyze 22 peer-reviewed studies published between 2000 and 2022, we found that climate change impacts migration in many complex and multilayered forms. Beyond what has already been established in the literature on climate-related migration such as environmental effects on migration; migration as an adaptation strategy; and the influence of environmental and non-environmental factors on migration; we also found that (1) studies on climate-induced migration...
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The problem of whether or not fiscal policy stimulates growth has subjugated hypothetical and pra... more The problem of whether or not fiscal policy stimulates growth has subjugated hypothetical and pragmatic inquiry for a long period of time. One standpoint believes that government participation in economic activity is fundamental for economic growth; contrary to this view another holds that government operations are intrinsically technical and unproductive and therefore, stifle rather than promoting growth. The aim of this study is to examine the link between fiscal policy and economic growth in Ghana. The study provides an important contribution to the current literature by shedding new light and advance the discourse between fiscal policy and economic growth. The application of a dynamic approach to the Keynesian framework was used for the analysis of the study in order for a reduction of a possibility of estimating spurious results, whilst at the same time capturing both the short and long run information. The study shows that economic growth drives indirect taxes, exports and dom...
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Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 2021
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Frontiers in Psychology
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Social Science Research
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This policy brief illuminates the essence of coalition in the improvement of women participation ... more This policy brief illuminates the essence of coalition in the improvement of women participation in political decision-making. The fundamental values embedded in this paper are the recognition of the existence of inequality in Ghana’s political system, the need for improvement in women’s participation in decision making, politics, leadership and other public sphere activities as their fundamental right, the significance of the involvement of both men and women in achieving the aim of improving women’s political participation in decision-making and the use of coalition as the key solution to perk up women’s participation in political leadership. With the single objective of improving women’s political participation, the coalition aims specifically at: • Reviewing relevant laws to enhance women’s opportunity for political participation. • Creating mechanisms for communication, support and accountability between women’s movements and civil society and women in politics. This is to help...
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ABSTRACT Although there exist literature which makes known of the fact that irrespective of one’s... more ABSTRACT Although there exist literature which makes known of the fact that irrespective of one’s class or status in the society, women are more likely to face violence than men, major sources of information in society on violence against women, talk about the fact that, the most violated women in our society are the poor and uneducated women. The arguments emerge from the assumptions of dependency on their perpetrators, lack knowledge of their rights and ability to access the necessary institutions for help. This stereotypical view has thus led to the tendency of research on violence against women focusing on women in this category to the neglect of the educated, middle or high society women who experience violence. Using the labeling theory and the social constructionist theory, this paper argues that what has come to be known as the ideal traits of the vulnerable woman to domestic violence are largely influenced by messages and images from our interaction with knowledge in the society. This paper therefore sought to assess the extent to which current misunderstanding of the vulnerable woman to violence has engulfed the Ghanaian society thus endangering and neglecting some vulnerable women liable to domestic violence. Information for the paper was obtained through qualitative methods. The findings reveal that it is dangerous of society to categorize only the uneducated poor woman as the vulnerable to violence.
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Sexual intercourse as generally viewed is supposed to be an act for pleasure and procreation. It ... more Sexual intercourse as generally viewed is supposed to be an act for pleasure and procreation. It is carried out when agreed upon by two parties. However in marriage this perception seems to change. It no longer becomes an act of pleasure but a duty for women. Men can thus go to any extent to get sex with or without the consent of their women. This has thus led to increasing cases of forceful sex in marriage which though not accounted for due to the idea that rape in marriage does not exist. This paper therefore sought to explore the perceptions on forced sex in marriage in Ghana. What the findings revealed was the fact that marriage is an avenue which gives men an unchallenged sexual right while women on the other hand are no longer at liberty to determine when they want to have sex.
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Maintaining scholarly contacts with countries inside and outside the shore of an institution'... more Maintaining scholarly contacts with countries inside and outside the shore of an institution's territory for knowledge acquisition has remained paramount in academic circles. The dynamics of the exchange programmes require properly kept records. This study explored the dynamics of exchange programme records by focusing on the aspects of the exchange programmes recorded, the mode of recording, the level students' participation, the benefits accrued from the records and the challenges associated with recording exchange programme information. With the deployment of ICT facilities, the main issue recorded included students' profile and their experiences while they were on the exchange programmes. Further, the records on students' experience have ensured the institutionalization of a pre-traveling orientation programme the content of which is reviewed on the basis of new sets of information obtained. The records also ensured increase in the number of students who go for t...
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