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When men do women's work: structural adjustment, unemployment and changing gender relations in the informal economy of Accra, Ghana

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Author	Overå, Ragnhild
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of work. This informalisation process has gendered consequences. Unemployed people, rural–urban migrants and school-leavers of both genders seek employment in the urban informal economy, and increasingly take up ‘female’ occupations – particularly in retail trade. Overcrowding in women's economic domains thus occurs. This study examines the livelihood strategies of informally employed men and women in Accra. It is argued that gender ideologies regarding appropriate occupations for women and men are continuously adapted in response to a changing political economy. Thus, even if female traders face competition, declining returnsanda heavier dependency burden, frustration with government policies failing to create decent jobs (for men) is more prevalent than gender antagonism and ridicule of those who find gender-atypical ways of eking out a living.
Related Links	https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/5E218238E4A64BAD4B9F2320981DE731/S0022278X0700287Xa.pdf/div-class-title-when-men-do-women-s-work-structural-adjustment-unemployment-and-changing-gender-relations-in-the-informal-economy-of-accra-ghana-div.pdf
Ending Page	563
Page Count	25
Starting Page	539
ISSN	0022278X
e-ISSN	14697777
DOI	10.1017/s0022278x0700287x
Journal	The Journal of Modern African Studies
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	45
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publisher Date	2007-12-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	The Journal of Modern African Studies Government Policy Political Economy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Geography, Planning and Development

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