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Prof. Akosua K. Darkwah

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
Gender and WorkGender and SexualitySexual and Gender based Violence
Publications

137

Citations

1,524

H-index

21

i10-index

37

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
11.1
Most cited paper
167
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2027
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:43
Publications

137 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Intersections of gender and water: comparative approaches to everyday gendered negotiations of water access in underserved areas of Accra, Ghana and Cape Town, South Africa
L Harris, D Kleiber, J Goldin, A Darkwah, C Morinville
2017 Journal of Gender Studies 26 (5), 561-582, 2017 Social Sciences 167
Paid work, women’s empowerment and inclusive growth: Transforming the structures of constraint
N Kabeer, R Assaad, A Darkwah, S Mahmud, H Sholkamy, S Tasneem, ...
2013 Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), 2013 Social Sciences 150
Keeping Hope Alive: An Analysis of Training Opportunities for Ghanaian Youth in the Emerging Oil and Gas Industry.
A Darkwah
2013 International Development Planning Review 35 (2), 119-134., 2013 Social Sciences 116
Education: Pathway to Empowerment for Ghanaian Women?
A Darkwah
2010 IDS Bulletin 41 (2), 28-36., 2010 Social Sciences 63
We would rather be leaders than parliamentarians: women and political office in Ghana
G Bauer, AK Darkwah
2020 European Journal of Politics and Gender 3 (1), 101-119, 2020 Social Sciences 52
Religious Differences in Modernization of the Family: Family Demographic Trends in Ghana.
T Heaton, A Darkwah
2011 Journal of Family Issues 20 (1), 1-21., 2011 Social Sciences 49
Work as a Duty and as a Joy: Understanding the Role of Work in the Lives of Ghanaian Female Traders of Global Consumer Items.
A Darkwah
2007 Women’s Labor in the Global Economy: Speaking in Multiple Voices, 206-220., 2007 Social Sciences 48
Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: An exploration and conceptualization of interactions
G Fischer, A Darkwah, J Kamoto, J Kampanje-Phiri, P Grabowski, ...
2021 International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 19 (5-6), 403-422, 2021 Social Sciences 47
Researching Empowerment: On Methodological Innovations, Pitfalls and Challenges.
D Tsikata, A Darkwah
2014 Women's Studies International Forum 45 (4), 81-89., 2014 Social Sciences 46
The impact of oil and gas discovery and exploration on communities with emphasis on women
AK Darkwah
2010 Department of Sociology, University of Ghana, 2010 Social Sciences 46
Researching Women’s Empowerment: Reflections on Methodology by Southern Feminists.
S Nazneen, A Darkwah, M Sultan
2014 Women’s Studies International Forum 45 (4), 55-62., 2014 Social Sciences 45
Making hay while the sun shines: Ghanaian female traders and their insertion into the global economy
AK Darkwah
2007 The gender of globalisation: Women navigating cultural and economic …, 2007 Social Sciences 41
Trading Goes Global: Ghanaian Market Women in an Era of Globalization.
A Darkwah
2002 Asian Women 15, 31-49, 2002 Social Sciences 41
“The president's prerogative”? the cabinet appointment process in Ghana and the implications for gender parity
G Bauer, AK Darkwah
2022 Politics & Gender 18 (2), 546-573, 2022 Social Sciences 40
Going global: Ghanaian female transnational traders in an era of globalization
AK Darkwah
2002 The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002 Social Sciences 32
Parents’ Perceptions, Attitudes and Acceptability of Treatment for Childhood Malaria with Artemisinin Combination Therapies in Ghana.
JAOPR G. O. AAdjei, G. O., Darkwah, A. K., Goka, B. Q., Bart-Plange, C ...
2008 Ghana Medical Journal 42 (3), 99-106., 2008 Health Sciences 30
Gendered Dynamics of Remitting and Remittance Use in Northern Ghana.
J Teye, M Awumbila, A Darkwah
2017 Migrating out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium, 2017 Social Sciences 29
Gender-and youth-sensitive data collection tools to support decision making for inclusive sustainable agricultural intensification
PP Grabowski, I Djenontin, L Zulu, J Kamoto, J Kampanje-Phiri, ...
2021 International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 19 (5-6), 359-375, 2021 Social Sciences 27
Migration and Population Dynamics: Changing Community Formations in Ghana.
J Yaro, ANA Codjoe, S Agyei-Mensah, A Darkwah, SO Kwankye
2011 Social Sciences 27
Ghana:“some money has to be going…”: 1 discounted filing fees to bring more women into parliament in Ghana
G Bauer, AK Darkwah
2019 Gendered Electoral Financing, 133-153, 2019 Social Sciences 26
Realizing Inclusive SAI: contextualizing indicators to better evaluate gender and intergenerational inequity in SAI processes and outcomes–cases from Southern and Western Africa
LC Zulu, INS Djenontin, A Darkwah, J Kamoto, J Kampanje-Phiri, ...
2021 International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 19 (5-6), 376-402, 2021 Social Sciences 22
Women and Post-Independence African Politics.
G Bauer, A Darkwah, D Patterson
2017 Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of African History., 2017 Social Sciences 20
Negotiating gender roles and power relations through the management of international migrant remittances in a patriarchal community in Ghana
JK Teye, AK Darkwah, D Thorsen, TK Abutima, DA Boateng
2025 Journal of Asian and African Studies 60 (1), 36-50, 2025 Social Sciences 19
Microcredit schemes: A tool for promoting rural savings capacity among poor farm families: A case study in the Eastern region of Ghana
M Asamoah, FM Amoah
2015 Open Journal of Social Sciences 3 (1), 24-30, 2015 Social Sciences 18
Race, gender and global love: non-Ghanaian wives, insiders or outsiders in Ghana?
AK Darkwah, AA Ampofo
2008 International Journal of Sociology of the Family, 187-208, 2008 Social Sciences 17