Latest items for Ghana
May 23, 2024, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The 2005 Human Trafficking Act, amended in 2009, criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking. The Human Trafficking Act prescribed penalties of a minimum of five years’ imprisonment, which were sufficiently stringent and, with respect to sex trafficking, commensurate with those prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape. However, the 2015 regulations for this Act, which are non-discretionary and have the force of law, provided specific guidance on sentencing depending on the circumstances; in general, the term is not less than five years’ imprisonment and not more than 25 years’ imprisonment, but if a parent, guardian, or other person with parental responsibilities facilitates or engages in trafficking, they are liable...more
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The 2005 Human Trafficking Act, amended in 2009, criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking. The Human Trafficking Act prescribed penalties of a minimum of five years’ imprisonment, which were sufficiently stringent and, with respect to sex trafficking, commensurate with those prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape. However, the 2015 regulations for this Act, which are non-discretionary and have the force of law, provided specific guidance on sentencing depending on the circumstances; in general, the term is not less than five years’ imprisonment and not more than 25 years’ imprisonment, but if a parent, guardian, or other person with parental responsibilities facilitates or engages in trafficking, they are liable...more
May 23, 2024, 1:40 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"Although commercial sex work is illegal in Ghana, it is a booming business in areas like Lapaz, Cantonments, Osu, East Legon, and Kasoa where select local pubs are often inundated with young girls in revealing clothes seeking potential clients" (para 24).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"Although commercial sex work is illegal in Ghana, it is a booming business in areas like Lapaz, Cantonments, Osu, East Legon, and Kasoa where select local pubs are often inundated with young girls in revealing clothes seeking potential clients" (para 24).
May 23, 2024, 1:40 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"At their residence in Kasoa, Diamond and her 10 friends shared a single room containing just five thin mattresses without bedsheets on the floor. It felt like a prison – no TV or radio set or chair. The paint on the wall had faded with marks of dirty human hands. The room was poorly ventilated with a rusted, noisy ceiling fan. The only window had a net meant to prevent mosquitoes and other insects from entering but that was torn" (para 25). Women from Nigeria taken to Ghana under promises that they would be taken care of as they engaged in transactional sex were met with the reality of poor...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"At their residence in Kasoa, Diamond and her 10 friends shared a single room containing just five thin mattresses without bedsheets on the floor. It felt like a prison – no TV or radio set or chair. The paint on the wall had faded with marks of dirty human hands. The room was poorly ventilated with a rusted, noisy ceiling fan. The only window had a net meant to prevent mosquitoes and other insects from entering but that was torn" (para 25). Women from Nigeria taken to Ghana under promises that they would be taken care of as they engaged in transactional sex were met with the reality of poor...more
May 9, 2024, 11:09 a.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? There is no law that says selling sex is illegal, but there is a law against anyone living on the earnings of 'prostitution', which effectively criminalises all sex work. There are also laws against soliciting in a public place. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, brothel-keeping and living on the earnings are illegal (adopted from UK law, language very similar)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? There is no law that says selling sex is illegal, but there is a law against anyone living on the earnings of 'prostitution', which effectively criminalises all sex work. There are also laws against soliciting in a public place. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, brothel-keeping and living on the earnings are illegal (adopted from UK law, language very similar)
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Ghana ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Ghana ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Ghana who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 24 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Ghana who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 24 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
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Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
263
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
263
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Bahamas, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Korea, Peru, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
0
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
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Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
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Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
2
Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Ghana was 263 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Ghana was 263 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Ghana is 65.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Ghana is 65.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Ghana is 66 years for men and 62 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Ghana is 66 years for men and 62 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Ghana is 63.7 years for men and 69.2 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Ghana is 63.7 years for men and 69.2 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
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Variables: BR-SCALE-1
2
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Ghana, Iraq
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"26.7 births per 1000 population"
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"26.7 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 8, 2023, 10:40 a.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '19.3%.'"
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '19.3%.'"
Aug. 11, 2023, 3:18 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"Devolution of household chattels: Where the intestate is survived by a spouse or by a child or both a spouse and a child, the spouse or the child or both of them. is or are entitled absolutely to the household chattels of the intestate. 4. Spouse, child or both entitled to one house: (1) Despite this Act, (a) where the estate includes only one house, the surviving spouse or the child or both of them is or are entitled to that house and where it devolves to both the spouse and the child, they shall hold it as tenants in common; (b) where the estate includes more than one house,...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"Devolution of household chattels: Where the intestate is survived by a spouse or by a child or both a spouse and a child, the spouse or the child or both of them. is or are entitled absolutely to the household chattels of the intestate. 4. Spouse, child or both entitled to one house: (1) Despite this Act, (a) where the estate includes only one house, the surviving spouse or the child or both of them is or are entitled to that house and where it devolves to both the spouse and the child, they shall hold it as tenants in common; (b) where the estate includes more than one house,...more
Aug. 11, 2023, 2:51 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Every person has the right to own property either alone or in association with others" (14). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 1996) relating to property ownership are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting the FAOLEX Database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Every person has the right to own property either alone or in association with others" (14). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 1996) relating to property ownership are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting the FAOLEX Database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Botswana, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cote D'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Eritrea, Fiji, Ghana, Guyana, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Moldova, Namibia, Nepal, Slovakia, Somalia, Suriname, Thailand, Turkmenistan
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
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Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
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May 15, 2023, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Intestate Succession Law, Secs. 3-5 and 7 (2).
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Intestate Succession Law, Secs. 3-5 and 7 (2).
May 15, 2023, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: LO-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law does not prohibit discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can register a business in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business,...more
Variables: LO-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law does not prohibit discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can register a business in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business,...more
May 15, 2023, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Intestate Succession Law, Secs. 3, 4, and 6 (2).
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Intestate Succession Law, Secs. 3, 4, and 6 (2).
April 17, 2023, 11:52 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
ERD-CODER COMMENT: Cousins are not listed in the prohibited degrees in Section 105- Incest.
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
ERD-CODER COMMENT: Cousins are not listed in the prohibited degrees in Section 105- Incest.
April 17, 2023, 11:47 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
"The registrar or the Magistrate taking the affidavit shall explain to the person making the affidavit what are the prohibited degrees of kindred and affinity, and the penalties which may be incurred under Chapter 6 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)."
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
"The registrar or the Magistrate taking the affidavit shall explain to the person making the affidavit what are the prohibited degrees of kindred and affinity, and the penalties which may be incurred under Chapter 6 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)."
April 17, 2023, 7:40 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"Documentation of rare neurological and genetic diseases over a five year period resulting from consanguinity (2010–2015) presenting to the Department of Child Health, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra [Ghana]" (2). "The mountainous [isolated] terrain in the Volta region of Ghana may have led to inbreeding" (9). "It does appear that in Ghana and other parts of West Africa there are social and economic advantages of consanguineous marriage for it to persist even with the apparent decline in the Western world. There are reduced chances of maltreatment, simplified bride premarital negotiations, greater social compatibility of the bride with her husband's family, the reduced requirement for dowry and maintenance of the family...more
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"Documentation of rare neurological and genetic diseases over a five year period resulting from consanguinity (2010–2015) presenting to the Department of Child Health, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra [Ghana]" (2). "The mountainous [isolated] terrain in the Volta region of Ghana may have led to inbreeding" (9). "It does appear that in Ghana and other parts of West Africa there are social and economic advantages of consanguineous marriage for it to persist even with the apparent decline in the Western world. There are reduced chances of maltreatment, simplified bride premarital negotiations, greater social compatibility of the bride with her husband's family, the reduced requirement for dowry and maintenance of the family...more
April 11, 2023, 9:31 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: ERBG-DATA-6
"Australia has come fifth in a list of countries with the most women business owners as a percentage of total business owners. Ghana is at the top of the list, with 46.4% of businesses owned by women. Following Ghana is Russia with 34.6%, Uganda with 33.8%, New Zealand with 33%, and then Australia with 32.1%" (para 1-2).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-6
"Australia has come fifth in a list of countries with the most women business owners as a percentage of total business owners. Ghana is at the top of the list, with 46.4% of businesses owned by women. Following Ghana is Russia with 34.6%, Uganda with 33.8%, New Zealand with 33%, and then Australia with 32.1%" (para 1-2).
Jan. 18, 2023, 5:07 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"Until recently, the Ghanaian Courts applied customary law notions relating to property upon dissolution of customary marriages in the courts. A clear account of the distribution of marital property in a situation of divorce in customary law is contained in Sarbah’s work. He states that among the Fantis, 'married people have no communality of goods; but each hath his or her particular property'" (12).
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"Until recently, the Ghanaian Courts applied customary law notions relating to property upon dissolution of customary marriages in the courts. A clear account of the distribution of marital property in a situation of divorce in customary law is contained in Sarbah’s work. He states that among the Fantis, 'married people have no communality of goods; but each hath his or her particular property'" (12).