Scaling up and sustaining gender inclusion through the MDGS in Ghana
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2015-04-17
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University of Ghana
Abstract
Despite improvement in the welfare of women during implementation
of the MDGs in Ghana, women still lag behind men in welfare ranking
in key areas. The data of three series of national surveys were jointly
employed to analyse the trend of indicators of improvement in the
welfare of women, from 1999 to 2010. Using both linear and probit regressions, factors such as acquisition of formal education and delay
in marriages were found to correlate positively with the MDGs. The
paper therefore recommends a pragmatic policy to deepen the
current efforts of making education more accessible and attractive to
women
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School of social sciences colloquium
Keywords
marriages, MDGs, education, pragmatic policy