Children's rights in Ghana
Subtitle: reality or rhetoric?
By: edited by Robert Kwame Ame, DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga, and Nana Araba Apt
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739148006
Subjects: Child abuse; Children's rights; Social conditions; Child welfare; Child labor; Children
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Childhood and identity; title: Introduction : confronting the challenges; title: Defining childhood : a historical development perspective / DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga; title: Controversies in paternity : who is a child's father under Ghanaian law? / Beatrice Akua Duncan; title: Bridging the child rights gap in a refugee context : survival strategies and impact on inter-generational relations / Kate Hampshire, Gina Porter, Kate Kilpatrick, Peter Ohene Kyei, Michael Kwodwo Adjaloo, and George Oppong Ampong; title: Children in dangerous circumstances : exploitation and abuse; title: Corporal punishment in Ghana / Sylvester Kyei-Gyamfi; title: Child labor in Ghana : global concern and local reality / George Clerk; title: Children's rights, mobility, and transport in Ghana : access to education and health services / Gina Porter, Albert Abane, Kathrin Blaufuss, and Frank Owusu Acheampong; title: Policies, laws, and programs; title: Children's rights, controversial traditional practices, and the Trokosi system : a critical socio-legal perspective / Robert Kwame Ame; title: Assessing the progress of the 1998 Children's Act of Ghana : achievements, opportunities, and challenges of the first ten years / Afua Twum-Danso; title: Situating CRC implementation processes in the local contexts of correctional institutions for children in conflict with the law in Ghana / Lilian Ayete-Nyampong; title: Ghana's education system : where rhetoric meets reform / Leah McMillan; title: Conclusion : the future of children's rights in ghana / Robert Kwame Ame, Nana Araba Apt, and DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga.