Browsing by Author "Dankyi, E.K."
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Item Drivers of independent migration among adolescents from selected West African countries(Children and Youth Services Review, 2020) Dako-Gyeke, M.; Kodom, R.B.; Dankyi, E.K.; Sulemana, A.Independent migration among adolescents is an issue of public concern in West Africa. Thus, drawing on the neoclassical economics, new economics of labour and social networks perspectives, this study explored the reasons for independent migration among adolescents. Employing a qualitative research design, 41 adolescents participated in the study. Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and In-depth Interviews (IDIs) were conducted to gather data, which were analyzed thematically. The findings of the study indicated that the adolescents migrated due to diverse reasons (poverty and hardship; social support and networks; peer-pressure and escapade; and maltreatment and abuse). Also, it was found that generally, poverty and hardships drove adolescents to migrate from their countries of origin with the aim of finding and starting work in Ghana, which was perceived as an important source of economic opportunities. Furthermore, evidence showed that while some adolescents had positive experiences in Ghana, others were confronted with challenges, a push factor to their return and in tegration decisions respectively. Based on the findings of the study, conclusions were drawn.Item Navigating transnational childcare relationships: migrant parents and their children's caregivers in the origin country(Global Networks Partnership and John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2017) Poeze, M.; Dankyi, E.K.; Mazzucato, V.In this article, we investigate the daily work entailed in maintaining informal transnational childcare relationships between migrant parents and the children’s kin or non-kin caregivers in the country of origin. By applying the concept of ‘kin work’, we seek to understand how work is performed within transnational care relationships. Using a simultaneous matched sample methodology that gives equal weight to data on both sides of the transnational relationship, a team of researchers collected ethnographic data from Ghanaian migrant parents in the Netherlands and from their children’s caregivers in Ghana. This approach allowed us to investigate the day-to-day care work from two perspectives – namely the visible and the invisible actions of the people involved in creating the kinship relationships of care work. Discrepancies in perceptions were uncovered because we compared data obtained on both sides of the relationship. These findings contribute to our understanding of the ways in which long-distance practices facilitate the maintenance of kin relationships and how the inability to perform these can lead to tensionsItem Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Migration in Ghana(Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, 2011) Awumbila, M.; Alhassan, O.; Badasu, D.; Bosiakoh, T.A.; Dankyi, E.K.