Promoting Sustainable Development in Communities: The Role of Female Traditional Leaders (Queen mothers)

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dc.contributor.authorBoateng, A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-27T15:17:07Z
dc.date.available2020-02-27T15:17:07Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.descriptionGhana Social Science Journal, 14(2)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe traditional role of queen mothers, seeking the welfare of community members, especially women and children, is widely recognized and respected. However, their effort toward empowering women for sustainable development of their communities is not given much attention. If anything at all, the contributions made by their counterparts (kings/chiefs) are given more attention. This paper explores the contributions of queen mothers to sustainable development of their communities, and as agents of change. It also highlights specific challenges queen mothers encounter in the performance of their roles. Twenty queen mothers in the Akyem Abuakwa District of Ghana were selected for the study. Two focus group sessions of 10 participants in each group were used, as the design. The queen mothers‘ contributions focused on gender related issues in community development such as children‘s education, women‘s work, community projects, women and children‘s rights, leadership and empowerment issues. Findings indicated that the activities of the queen mothers towards sustainable development are limited by financial constraints, including oppression by some of their counterparts (chiefs/kings). The paper concludes that there is a need to involve queen mothers in the planning and implementation of community development projects, and in any decision-making, that affects the community as a whole. The paper recommends that queen mothers should be physically and financially supported by stakeholders including governmental bodies, NGOs, and benevolent organizations in their community‘s sustainable development efforts and that, queen mothers must be more assertive towards their worken_US
dc.identifier.issn0855-4730
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/35027
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGhana Social Science Journalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries14;2
dc.subjectqueenmothersen_US
dc.subjectsustainable developmenten_US
dc.subjectrolesen_US
dc.subjectAkansen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titlePromoting Sustainable Development in Communities: The Role of Female Traditional Leaders (Queen mothers)en_US
dc.typeJournalen_US

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