Migration and migrant health care practices : the perspectives of women head porters in Kumasi, Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorAsaana, Prosper
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorWilliams, Carol
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-28T19:13:12Z
dc.date.available2015-09-28T19:13:12Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis seeks understanding of how gender, as a system of power, facilitates, constraints, determines, and impacts not only women’s migration but more significantly, women’s access to health services post-migration in contemporary Ghana. Drawing on the stories of women head porters, via the application of the principles of feminist standpoint theory, I explore women porters’ experiences as deeply embedded in social and power struggles that women did not create, but yet find binding on their lives. Women porters discuss financial struggles, negative encounters with health staff, and the hurdles of dealing with the power that men exert over their decisions and actions as barriers that limit their access and utilization of health services. They also speak of strategies they adopt to challenge the barriers. The findings of this study indicate that the broader social struggles that disempower women persist in contemporary Ghana. Practical, sustainable suggestions for change are offered.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3751
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0331en_US
dc.proquest.subject0453en_US
dc.proquest.subject0534en_US
dc.proquest.subject0573en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Women and Gender Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Women and Gender Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectKumasien_US
dc.subjectInternal Migrationen_US
dc.subjectHealth Seeking Behaviouren_US
dc.subjectHead Portersen_US
dc.subjectKayayeen_US
dc.titleMigration and migrant health care practices : the perspectives of women head porters in Kumasi, Ghanaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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