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Influence policies on gender equality with research findings – CDD urge women scholars

Women/Feminist Scholars have been encouraged to turn their research into advocacy tools to influence  public policy to advance efforts toward achieving inclusion and gender equality in Ghana.  

Speaking at a roundtable discussion on the theme: “Academia Meets Policy – The Role of Feminist  Scholars,” Professor Jarpa Dawuni, a Fulbright Specialist under the U.S. Embassy-administered Fulbright  Program and a Democracy and Development (D&D) Fellow at the Ghana Center for Democratic  Development (CDD-Ghana), emphasized the urgent need for academia and civil society organizations (CSOs) to work collaboratively to expand research into untapped areas within the gender and human  rights space to awaken interest and shape public policy.  

The event brought together gender activists, women/feminist scholars, and media practitioners to explore  opportunities and avenues for collaboration to achieve the mutually beneficial goal of gender equality.

Specifically, the roundtable discussion was an opportunity for CDD-Ghana to build partnerships with  women scholars who can become consultants for future collaborative work in research, policy, and  advocacy. It also sought to provide feminist scholars with opportunities and a platform to engage in public  scholarship and advocacy through their research. 

Professor Nana Akua Anyidoho, Director of the Centre for Social Policy Studies (CSPS) at the University of  Ghana, attributed the inability of scholars to be activists to existing prejudices.  

“We have different pressures and motivations because as much as feminist researchers would want our  research to have an impact and to make real-life differences, we also have the pressures of responding  to what our academic environment requires of us,” she said. “I’ve had colleagues who have almost been  penalized for the fact that they were activists as well as scholars and researchers. Somehow, there is this  notion that you being an activist compromises your objectivity in some way so there is this prejudice that  we have to deal with.” 

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On her part, Dr. Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, Assistant Professor at the College of Journalism and Mass  Communication, University of Georgia, highlighted the importance of sharing research findings with the  media.

She noted that although social media is a widely used medium, women/feminist scholars should  consider using all forms of media – both traditional and social media – to reach those who may be  disadvantaged due to the digital divide.  

Speaking on opportunities for turning research into policy and advocacy tools, Dr. Kojo Asante, Director of  Advocacy and Policy Engagement at CDD-Ghana, noted there is a lot of data that have not yet been  mined, analyzed, or utilized.

He maintained that it is essential for advocacy to be backed by research and  stressed the importance of making research findings accessible to all.  

Ms. Regina Amanfo-Tetteh, Lead for CDD-Ghana’s Human Rights Desk, listed women’s involvement in inter  and intra-party politics and their influence on policy decisions; the future value of work for women post pandemic recovery; sustainability of women’s agenda in the face of dwindling funding for CSOs and the  shrinking of civic spaces as some research areas CDD-Ghana, the Centre for Gender Studies and  Advocacy (CEGENSA) at the University of Ghana and the CSPS can collaborate on to inform advocacy. 

Dr. Deborah Atoborah, Director for CEGENSA said the Centre’s core mandate is to ensure gender equity  features in policy and democratic governance and permeates many aspects of Ghanaian life. She thus  pledged their commitment to bridging the gap between academia and civil society; while broadening  the scope of gender research.  

“We seem to be experiencing gender fatigue because we have focused our work around certain issues  to the neglect of other key issues. When we broaden the scope, the element of fatigue will begin to reduce  and we will then have a whole lot of issues to work with,” she said.  

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