Gender-based Discrimination in the Workplace: A Ghanaian Perspective

Abstract

Purpose and objectives: The ‘glass escalator’ phenomenon holds that men in female dominated proficiency … can rise quickly to the top. However, they can do also suffer discrimination. This phenomenon is widely recognised in advanced countries. Trained, mostly female nurses have been leaving Ghana in droves for greener pastures abroad, particularly the US and U.K., with serious consequences on the health delivery service in Ghana. Conversely, increasing numbers of males are joining the nursing profession. It examines whether male nurses in Ghana enjoy any hidden advantages, and if so, what makes the men successful (even with their limited numbers) in a women dominated field and what the implications are for both male and female nurse.