dc.contributor.author | Shahadu, Somed | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-31T18:22:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-31T18:22:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-08-31T18:22:40Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/73245 | |
dc.description.abstract | In 2012, the WFP conducted a food vulnerability survey in districts of northern Ghana. The report identified female-headed households in the region as the most vulnerable in terms of food insecurity - 38% of households headed by women had the highest risk of food shortage. Considering that women head only 5% of households in the northern region, the WFP food vulnerability report failed to account for the food security situation of women living in male-headed household, who constitute the majority household make-up in the region. It also created the impression that living in male-headed household reduced women’s vulnerability of food insecurity. This study evaluates the food security situation of women living in male-headed households in northern Ghana. It investigates how living in male-headed households impacts women’s access to and control over their nutritional needs. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Food Security | en_US |
dc.subject | Gender | en_US |
dc.subject | Gender and Development | en_US |
dc.subject | Ghana | en_US |
dc.subject | food | en_US |
dc.subject | Northern Ghana | en_US |
dc.subject | nutrition | en_US |
dc.subject | Hunger | en_US |
dc.subject | Land | en_US |
dc.subject | Development | en_US |
dc.subject | Agriculture | en_US |
dc.title | OWNING FOOD: THE IMPACT OF LIVING IN MALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS ON WOMEN’S FOOD SECURITY – A CASE STUDY OF THE KUMBUNGU DISTRICT IN NORTHERN GHANA | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2017-06-16 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of International Development Studies | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Dr. Owen Willis | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. John Cameron | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Theresa Ulicki | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Matthew Schnurr | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Received | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |