Child Labour Migrattion from the North to the South of Ghana
Author
Osei Owusu, Mercy
Term
4. term
Publication year
2016
Submitted on
2016-09-21
Pages
68
Abstract
This thesis investigates independent child labour migration from northern Ghana to Accra (Ga South Municipality) and asks the central question: to what extent are child migrants affected by migration? It examines the dangers, risks, hazards, and everyday challenges in Accra, the role children themselves play in the decision to migrate, and the social and support networks available to them. The study is motivated by persistent north–south flows despite national measures such as the Children’s Act, action plans, and monitoring systems, and by scholarship that highlights both harms and potential economic gains. The research adopts a qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological design using semi-structured interviews with children aged 16 and under, recruited through snowball sampling around Mallam Junction’s market and bus terminal, where many work as street hawkers, sellers, and vendors. Analysis is guided by Social Network Theory alongside neoclassical and new economics of labour migration perspectives to explain drivers and the pull of networks. The thesis maps Ghana’s migration and child labour context, explores child migrants’ lived experiences in Ga South, and aims to inform policies and interventions that reduce hazards while addressing the social and economic factors and networks sustaining child labour migration. Findings are not presented in this excerpt.
Dette speciale undersøger uafhængig børnearbejdsmigration fra Nordghana til Accra (Ga South Municipality) og stiller hovedspørgsmålet: i hvilket omfang påvirkes børnemigranter af migration? Det belyser farer, risici, arbejdsmæssige og hverdagsmæssige udfordringer i Accra, børnenes egen rolle i beslutningen om at migrere samt hvilke sociale og støttenetværk der er tilgængelige. Baggrunden er vedvarende nord-syd-bevægelser trods nationale indsatser som Børneloven, handlingsplaner og monitoreringssystemer og en litteratur, der både dokumenterer skadevirkninger og mulige økonomiske gevinster. Studiet anvender en kvalitativ, deskriptiv og fænomenologisk tilgang med semistrukturerede interviews af børn på 16 år og derunder, rekrutteret via sneboldsampling omkring Mallam-krydsets marked og busterminal, hvor mange arbejder som gadesælgere og småhandlende. Analysen informeres af Social Network Theory samt neoklassiske og nye arbejdsmarkedsøkonomiske migrationsperspektiver for at forklare drivkræfter og netværkenes tiltrækning. Afhandlingen kortlægger Ghanas kontekst for migration og børnearbejde, undersøger børnemigranters levede erfaringer i Ga South og har til formål at informere politik og indsatser, der kan reducere farer og adressere de sociale og økonomiske forhold og netværk, som opretholder børnearbejdsmigration. Resultater præsenteres ikke i dette uddrag.
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