Negotiating marriage and divorce in Accra : Muslim women's experiences.

This thesis sets out to investigate Muslim women’s marital experiences in Accra, Ghana, West Africa. In particular, these experiences had to do with negotiating marriage and divorce. It included the broad marital relations like decision-making, roles and responsibilities, and the management and responses of marital disputes and abuse. I used a qualitative method in this research. I interviewed twelve Muslim women in Accra who provided me with their perspectives, experiences and responses of socio-religious norms concerning gender roles. In addition, they shared their experiences and perspectives on wife abuse and their consequent reactions and management of wife abuse.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Religious Studies

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Issaka, Fulera

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Tayob, Abdulkader
• Shaikh, Sa'diyya

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12058

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12058