Children's Rights in Ghana

Robert Kwame Ame is assistant professor of human rights and criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University.DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work and assistant dean for equity, diverity, and inclusive academic affairs in the College of Social Science at Michigan State University.Nana Araba Apt is professor of sociology and dean of academic affairs at Ashesi University College in Accra, Ghana.

• ForewordPart I. Childhood and IdentityChapter 1. Introduction: Confronting the Challenges: Optimizing Child Rights in GhanaChapter 2. Defining Childhood: A Historical Development PerspectiveChapter 3. Controversies in Paternity: Who Is a Child's Father under Ghanaian Law?Chapter 4. Bridging the Child Rights Gap in a Refugee Context: Survival Strategies and Impact on Inter-generational RelationsPart II. Chidren in Dangerous Circumstances: Exploitation and AbuseChapter 5. Corporal Punishment in GhanaChapter 6. Child Labor in Ghana: Global Concern and Local RealityChapter 7. Children's Rights, Mobility, and Transport in Ghana: Access to Education and Health ServicesPart III. Policies, Laws, and ProgramsChapter 8. Children's Rights, Controversial Traditional Practices, and the Trokosi System: A Critical Socio-legal PerspectiveChapter 9. Assessing the Progress of the 1998 Children's Act of Ghana:Achievements, Opportunities, and Challenges of the FirstTen YearsChapter 10. Situating CRC Implementation Processes in the Local Contextsof Correctional Institutions for Children in Conflict with the Law in GhanaChapter 11. Ghana's Education System: Where Rhetoric Meets ReformChapter 12. Conclusion: The Future of Children's Rights in Ghana

Children's Rights in Ghana is a very valuable and compelling addition to the growing evidence of gaps between the promise of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its reality in practice. With its cogent organization, clear writing, and comprehensive coverage, the chapters provide a useful yardstick against which progress readily can be assessed.