Violence against women in Ghana: A look at women's perceptions and review of policy and social responses

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2373-2385

  Amoakohene, Margaret Ivy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ghana; Human rights; Perceptions; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; PERCEPTION; REGULATORY APPROACH; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 4644371614     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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