Kari Leonard, September 4, 2008, 4:36pm
This article is about how the climate change is to affect Africa the most, even though they have the least contribution to it. The effect on women’s livelihoods by the climate change was also discussed in this article. It says that in Ghana women make up about 51% of the country and that 30% are the head of their household. The women also make up 52% of the agricultural labor force; contribute 46% to the total GDP and production 70% of subsistent crops. The women play major roles in production and distribution. The Ghanaian women depend on the ecosystem for their food, energy, water and medicine, and the climate change is threatening this ecosystem. The study showed that the change would systematically affect women due to the fact that they rely on subsistence farming activities. This will make women poorer. The article also stresses the fact that the women are not aware of this upcoming danger and need to be educated about the effects of climate change. I’m not sure what the climate change is about but I feel that they may be talking about global warming. But besides the fact of that, the women’s status in Ghana seems to be matriarchal of some sort. Since a lot of the women are heads of households it means that their status is pretty high. Which brings a question up in my mind that if their status in their country is rather high, then why don’t they have any knowledge about how this climate change is going to affect them?
http://allafrica.com/stories/200809011431.html
1 comment:
I guess the status of the women doesn't necessarily mean that they are well educated. Maybe they have to concentrate on survival by giving all of their time to farm work, so even though they might provide a lot for their families, they haven't been able to be exposed to the issue of global warming.
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