Career Barriers in Ghana: Evidence from Female Civil Servants
- Autores: Utkina V.V.1, Efimova A.V.1
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- National Research University Higher School of Economics
- Edição: Volume 24, Nº 1 (2022): Women and Feminism in Global Politics
- Páginas: 166-174
- Seção: REGIONAL COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION
- URL: https://medbiosci.ru/2313-1438/article/view/322597
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-1438-2022-24-1-166-174
- ID: 322597
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Ghanaian civil service is a classic example of a “gender pyramid” where top positions tend to be occupied by men, while women (more than 50%) face gender discrimination. Gender stereotypes about women are a major barrier to women’s career advancement in Ghanaian civil service. Based on a series of in-depth interviews with women in the Ghanaian public authorities, we identified the main problems women face in the Ghanaian civil service, such as patriarchal practices, gender discrimination, and harassment, including sexual harassment. Our study aims to show the practitioners why it is hardly possible to call public service a “comfortable job” for women in Ghana.
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Valeriya Utkina
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: valeria_utkina@hotmail.com
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0012-1999
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences
Moscow, Russian FederationAlina Efimova
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Email: alina63efimova@gmail.com
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5527-4883
master student of the Program “Comparative Social Research”
Moscow, Russian FederationBibliografia
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