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When parents fail: addressing delinquent child maintenance through informal resources
- Authors:
- MANFUL Esmeranda, ABDULLAH Alhassan, CUDJOE Ebenezer
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 31(3), 2021, pp.278-284.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The success rate using formal mechanisms by Ghanaian social workers to ensure the best outcomes for the child when there is default in child maintenance payments is low; hence the need to explore other strategies. The objective of this research was to explore informal support resources that could be helpful to families involved with social services on delinquent child maintenance (DCM). Guided by a practice research approach, in-depth interviews were conducted with 17 parents involved with a regional-level social service organization in Ghana. Their narratives were analyzed thematically using the NVivo software. Findings revealed that DCM is a problem for both sexes. Parents reported information, financial, and material support from relatives and neighbors to be relevant resources in addressing the problem. The study’s findings suggest the need for social workers to focus on informal support when addressing DCM and emphasize parental roles as situation-based not gender-based. (Edited publisher abstract)
Shifting perspectives on international alliances in social work: lessons from Ghana and Nicaragua
- Authors:
- KREITZER Linda, WILSON Maureen
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 53(5), September 2010, pp.701-719.
- Publisher:
- Sage
A growing movement of social work educators and practitioners worldwide is involved in democratising activities through cross-national alliances. This article reflects on two experiences of cross-national collaborations to support the localisation of social work. One is a collaborative research project of over 15 years between Ghana, West Africa and Canada, and the other is a collaborative social development project between Nicaragua and Canada of over 20 years standing. Through an examination of these experiences, this article identifies elements for effective international collaboration that encourage a shift in perspective. It addresses the questions of how Westerners can best serve as allies of colleagues in the global South in their development of conceptions of social work education and practice appropriate to their own contexts, and of what Westerners can learn from these colleagues to improve their effectiveness as allies of communities in the global South in their own countries. It concludes by proposing trading the troublesome concept of partnership for an understanding of the relationship as one of solidarity.
Understanding the carers' experience: examples from a Ghanaian context
- Authors:
- QUINN Neil, EVANS Tony
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 53(1), January 2010, pp.62-72.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Informal carers play a key role in mental health care. This article draws on the work of Goffman to analyse the experiences of carers in Ghana. The findings illustrate the complex nature of caring and the need to develop social work practice that acknowledges the social context of carers’ reality.
Displaced women in Northern Ghana: indigenous knowledge about ethnic conflict
- Authors:
- MCGADNEY-DOUGLASS Brenda Faye, AHADZIE William K.
- Journal article citation:
- Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 23(4), November 2008, pp.324-337.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article presents the findings of field research in Ghana in 2002 about internal displacement stemming from multiethnic violence in northern Ghana in 1994, known as the "Guinea Fowl War." Indigenous, gender-specific knowledge from displaced Ghanaian women is presented in the context of feminist perspectives on the consequences of regional wars on non-combatants. The research generated indigenous material for social work education about interethnic peace building and conflict resolution. The discussion includes first-person responses about warning signs, origins of conflict, immediate and long-term responses, social consequences, and an integration of findings with feminist perspectives on conflict resolution and policies that are designed to aid internally displaced women.
African social services in peril: a study of the Department of Social Welfare in Ghana under the highly indebted poor countries initiative
- Author:
- LAIRD Siobhan E.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work, 8(4), October 2008, pp.377-398.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Using Ghana as an illustrative case study, this article examines the ideology and intentions which underpin the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper required for approval by the IMF and World Bank to qualify for debt relief under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries initiative. This article critically examines the functions assigned to governmental and non-governmental agencies within the social sector generally and the Department of Social Welfare specifically. Conditions at the Department of Social Welfare are explored through data gathered from semi-structured interviews with frontline social workers. These document the day-to-day realities of social work practice in Ghana and the relationship of the Department of Social Welfare with the non-governmental sector in the delivery of welfare services. Social workers at the Department of Social Welfare report chronic under-funding which undermines even the most rudimentary activities. They also describe difficulties in holding NGOs to account due to the lack of logistical support and the inability to enforce compliance with statutory requirements. Across the sub-Saharan region are government departments responsible for the delivery of social services and operating within the social policy frameworks created by the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers required for debt relief. Evidence produced by this case study has implications for similar sub-Saharan countries implementing a social policy based on the neoliberal precepts if the New Policy Agenda.
Survival strategies of street children in Ghana: a qualitative study
- Authors:
- ORME Julie, SEIPEL Michael M.O.
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 50(4), July 2007, pp.489-499.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study shows how street children in Accra, Ghana, manage street life by adopting socially constructive strategies.
Schools of social work and the nature of their foreign collaborations
- Authors:
- CORNELIUS Llewellyn, GREIF Geoffrey L.
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 48(6), November 2005, pp.823-833.
- Publisher:
- Sage
US schools of social work were surveyed to determine the extent of their collaborations with social work programmes outside the US. One school of social work's experiences with collaborations with a school in India and a school in Ghana are described. Recommendations for future collaborations are given.
It also takes a village: developing community mental health
- Author:
- ROSENBERG David
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 45(3), July 2002, pp.305-314.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The community mental health philosophy which guides the development of the limited resources available in Africa, is one that offers us in the developed world much to consider, as we continue to struggle with issues of community integration for those experiencing psychiatric illness. Interviews with practitioners and policy-makers in Ghana, West Africa, as well as a review of local projects and publications, comprise an attempt to describe and contrast our various approaches.
Liberian refugee women: a qualitative study of their participation in planning camp programmes
- Author:
- KREITZER Linda
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 45(1), January 2002, pp.45-58.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Social work is re-evaluation its role in regard to the international areas of global interdependence, in particular with respect to refugee situations. A significant contribution to refugee studies is research concerning refugee issues. This qualitative study highlights the experiences of Liberian refugee women in planning programmes in Ghana. Findings show that individual issues (trauma, lack of encouragement, basic needs and gender issues) and organisational issues (dependency, mismanagement of organisations, communication and power or control) were factors that affected women's participation in planning programmes.
Bearing the weight: the kayayoo, Ghana's working girl child
- Authors:
- AGARWAL Seema, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 40(3), July 1997, pp.245-263.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The transport contribution of rural women in Africa has received substantial attention. An important finding of this body of research is that women and girls are used and use themselves as a means of transport. This article investigates the use of female child labour for the transportation of goods in urban Accra. Girl children from northern Ghana migrate, without the company of parents, to urban Accra to work as head-porters (kayayoos). This article documents the circumstances of these young kayayoos.