Dr Kate Skinner reflects on the extraordinary life of the late Annie Jiagge, and its implications for Ghanaian women’s activism.
Women’s rights as international human rights: Justice Annie Jiagge of Ghana
23 July 2019 by Kate Skinner
An Archive of Activism: gender and public history in postcolonial Ghana
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Dr Kate Skinner reflects on the extraordinary life of the late Annie Jiagge, and its implications for Ghanaian women’s activism.
A blog post by Jovia Salifu (postdoctoral researcher on the Archive of Activism project)
This research project will focus on Ghanaian women’s organising and campaigning strategies under military, single-party, and short-lived multi-party governments, particularly in the under-studied period between the mid 1960s and the early 1990s. During this time, Ghanaian women negotiated national priorities, cultural particularities and universalist ambitions, both at home and as part of an international women’s … Continue reading “About the project”