{"id":2698,"date":"2019-02-27T07:32:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T07:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2019-02-27T07:33:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T07:33:07","slug":"deccma-ghana-success-with-proposal-empowering-women-and-transforming-gender-relations-in-the-volta-delta-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2019\/02\/27\/deccma-ghana-success-with-proposal-empowering-women-and-transforming-gender-relations-in-the-volta-delta-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"DECCMA Ghana success with proposal &#8220;Empowering women and transforming gender relations in the Volta delta, Ghana&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DECCMA Ghana team has been successful in its proposal &#8220;Empowering women and transforming gender relations in the Volta delta, Ghana&#8221;.\u00a0 The project\u00a0will bring together researchers with local and national policy-makers, a leading Ghanaian advocacy NGO, and traditional leaders to build networks and share research findings with the aim of co-producing knowledge that leads to women\u2019s empowerment and transformation of gender relations in Sogakope and Keta in the Volta delta.\u00a0 In-keeping with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdkn.org\">CDKN<\/a> aim &#8220;From knowledge to action in African countries&#8221;, the project aims to take forward findings from DECCMA that women in the delta have high labour burdens due to out-migration of men, combined with a land tenure system that does not provide security of tenure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2699\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2699\" class=\"wp-image-2699\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2019\/02\/Ghana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2019\/02\/Ghana.jpg 650w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2019\/02\/Ghana-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2019\/02\/Ghana-294x220.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houses are submerged by sand in Keta (photo: Katharine Vincent)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The project team, comprising representatives of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ug.edu.gh\/\">University of Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prolinkgh.org\/\">ProLink Ghana<\/a>, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Keta Municipality, Hlevie Global Women, the local traditional leadership, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kulima.com\">Kulima Integrated Development Solutions<\/a> will attend a Knowledge Accelerator Lab facilitated by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdkn.org\">CDKN<\/a> in April in order to develop a full proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DECCMA Ghana team has been successful in its proposal &#8220;Empowering women and transforming gender relations in the Volta delta, Ghana&#8221;.\u00a0 The project\u00a0will bring together researchers with local and national policy-makers, a leading Ghanaian advocacy NGO, and traditional leaders to build networks and share research findings with the aim of co-producing knowledge that leads to 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