Place, Space & Power: From Under the Baobab Tree to a Fair Trade Co-operative-Women's Experiences in Shea Butter Production in Upper East Ghana
| dc.contributor.author | Boodhoo-Leegsma, Aissa | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Sick, Deborah | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-01T14:34:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-01T14:34:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Shea butter production in West Africa has been dominated by women and Northern Ghana specifically is a leading global producer. This thesis explores women’s perceptions of power, control and agency in the Ojoba Women’s Fair Trade Co-operative in Upper East Ghana. I add to the literature on women’s experiences with and in fair trade. I examine how the shea industry and the co-operative provide a marketplace for women and a space for women to co-operate and resist power structures. I emphasize how the Western language of empowerment builds substantially from pre-existing women’s networks and labour sharing practices in the agricultural context. The thesis evaluates the factors within Ojoba that contribute to women’s empowerment. To be ‘empowered’ in Ojoba reflects a variety of understandings, experiences and locations. Indeed “women’s empowerment” may misrepresent how the women are capable of building a physical and social space of safety, debate and growth. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34447 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-5534 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa | en |
| dc.subject | women's empowerment | en |
| dc.subject | women in agriculture | en |
| dc.subject | fair trade | en |
| dc.subject | Northern Ghana | en |
| dc.title | Place, Space & Power: From Under the Baobab Tree to a Fair Trade Co-operative-Women's Experiences in Shea Butter Production in Upper East Ghana | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Sciences sociales / Social Sciences | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | MA | en |
| uottawa.department | Sociologie et anthropologie / Sociology and Anthropology | en |
