RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Women Factor in Gendered Student Activism in Ghana from Independence to the Present
JF Ghana Studies
JO Gha Stu
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 99
OP 122
DO 10.3368/gs.26.1.99
VO 26
IS 1
A1 Anderson, Eugenia Ama Breba
A1 Bob-Milliar, George M.
A1 Adu-Gyamfi, Samuel
YR 2024
UL https://gs.uwpress.org/gs.uwpress.org/content/26/1/99.abstract
AB The essentiality of student activism in Ghana is revealed through the role students played in ensuring political stability, economic accountability, and human rights preservation. Scholarly debates are either silent on the gendered nature of student activism or treat women student activists as insignificant participants. Student activism is typically construed around illustrious men and important men-centered events. Men’s voices dominated due to demographical advantage, gender-blind policies, the socialization of the sexes, and the seeming violence attached to student activism. Using the qualitative research design, this study draws on original data to argue that women have been significant players in Ghanaian student activism even though there have been certain socio-political barriers to women’s student activism. The article interrogates femininity/masculinity in Ghanaian universities, institutional cultures influencing student activism, and gender inequality in enrollment. It highlights the unique role women played in student activism in Ghana’s universities.