Motherhood delor: narratives of pregnant and nursing mothers in violent spaces in Ghana
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research
ISSN: 1759-6599
Article publication date: 17 April 2024
Abstract
Purpose
The study aims to investigate how pregnant and nursing mothers’ stories have been neglected in writing about gender, security and spaces.
Design/methodology/approach
The study chronicles Agogo Traditional Area’s pregnant and nursing mothers’ resistance and survival in this conflicted environment. The author used photo voices in a participatory photography design to give conflict-area women a voice. Interviews and observations supported this. Pregnant and nursing mothers were sampled using the purposive and snowball sampling techniques. The data analysis considered narrative analysis, photographic and inductive approaches.
Findings
The findings highlighted how these mothers in vicious settings experienced healthcare access and problems, societal issues including gender dynamics, food insecurity, and emotional and psychological well-being.
Originality/value
The findings in this study expand the socio-cultural narratives of pregnant and nursing mothers in violent spaces.
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Acknowledgements
I wish to acknowledge my participants who supported me greatly in undertaking this study.
Funding: This article received support from the African Humanities Program of the American Council of Learned Society. This funding had no involvement in the study design; data collection, analysis and interpretation; and report writing.
Declaration of interest statement: The author writes to declare that no known competing financial interests or personal relationships could have appeared to influence this article.
Citation
Appiah-Boateng, S. (2024), "Motherhood delor: narratives of pregnant and nursing mothers in violent spaces in Ghana", Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JACPR-10-2023-0842
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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