{"id":{"repo_id":"ttu","oai_identifier":"oai:ttu-ir.tdl.org:2346/100505"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/ttu/oai:ttu-ir.tdl.org:2346/100505","repository":{"repo_id":"ttu","name":"Texas Technology University","base_url":"https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/server/oai/request"},"display":{"title":"A Critical Feminist Examination of Women's Empowerment in the Ghanaian and U.S. Dominant Spaces","abstract":"This thesis aims to explore societal challenges encountered by vulnerable and underrepresented women within different geographical locations in a two-fold study. First, we (Abakah & Heuman) critically analyze a non-governmental organization's efforts towards sexual and intimate partner violence in Ghana and second, through an autoethnographic inquiry into my (Abakah) societal positioning in the U.S. as a Black Ghanaian woman and international student, I self-reflexively analyze my lived experience in the U.S. diaspora. The first paper focuses on identifying existing strategies and challenges used by NGOs in reaching out to sexually violated women and proposes new or alternative communication strategies to address intimate partner violence. With a combination of in-depth interviews, existing interviews, and website data, the researcher triangulates the study's data to broaden our understanding of the work performed within a specific NGO and the communication strategies that they utilize as they navigate challenges and work to improve the lives of targets of intimate partner violence. The second paper employs a layered narrative account to illuminate how I was interpellated into the socio-cultural and political landscape within the U.S., placing me at a low level of the U.S. social ladder.","abstract_html":"This thesis aims to explore societal challenges encountered by vulnerable and underrepresented women within different geographical locations in a two-fold study. First, we (Abakah & Heuman) critically analyze a non-governmental organization's efforts towards sexual and intimate partner violence in Ghana and second, through an autoethnographic inquiry into my (Abakah) societal positioning in the U.S. as a Black Ghanaian woman and international student, I self-reflexively analyze my lived experience in the U.S. diaspora. The first paper focuses on identifying existing strategies and challenges used by NGOs in reaching out to sexually violated women and proposes new or alternative communication strategies to address intimate partner violence. With a combination of in-depth interviews, existing interviews, and website data, the researcher triangulates the study's data to broaden our understanding of the work performed within a specific NGO and the communication strategies that they utilize as they navigate challenges and work to improve the lives of targets of intimate partner violence. The second paper employs a layered narrative account to illuminate how I was interpellated into the socio-cultural and political landscape within the U.S., placing me at a low level of the U.S. social ladder.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Abakah, Winifred Sekyibea"],"institution":"Texas Tech University","degree_name":"Master of Arts","degree_level":"Masters","degree_discipline":"Communication Studies","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":["Heuman, Amy N."],"committee_members":["Koerber, Amy","Bennett-Brown, Margaret","Adams, Robyn"],"year":2024,"date_issued":"2024-08","date_published":"2024-08","updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:04:54Z","subjects":["non-governmental organization","strategies","autoethnography","intimate partner violence"],"languages":["eng"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/2346/100505","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.committeechair","label":"Committee Chair","values":["Heuman, Amy N."]},{"key":"dc:contributor.committeemember","label":"Committee Member","values":["Koerber, Amy","Bennett-Brown, Margaret","Adams, Robyn"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Abakah, Winifred Sekyibea"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2024-12-11T17:01:45Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2024-12-11T17:01:45Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2024-08"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Communication Studies"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Masters"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Arts"]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["Texas Tech University"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["non-governmental organization","strategies","autoethnography","intimate partner violence"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["eng"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["https://hdl.handle.net/2346/100505"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["This thesis aims to explore societal challenges encountered by vulnerable and underrepresented women within different geographical locations in a two-fold study. First, we (Abakah & Heuman) critically analyze a non-governmental organization's efforts towards sexual and intimate partner violence in Ghana and second, through an autoethnographic inquiry into my (Abakah) societal positioning in the U.S. as a Black Ghanaian woman and international student, I self-reflexively analyze my lived experience in the U.S. diaspora. The first paper focuses on identifying existing strategies and challenges used by NGOs in reaching out to sexually violated women and proposes new or alternative communication strategies to address intimate partner violence. With a combination of in-depth interviews, existing interviews, and website data, the researcher triangulates the study's data to broaden our understanding of the work performed within a specific NGO and the communication strategies that they utilize as they navigate challenges and work to improve the lives of targets of intimate partner violence. The second paper employs a layered narrative account to illuminate how I was interpellated into the socio-cultural and political landscape within the U.S., placing me at a low level of the U.S. social ladder."]},{"key":"dc:format.mimetype","label":"Dc Format Mimetype","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["A Critical Feminist Examination of Women's Empowerment in the Ghanaian and U.S. Dominant Spaces"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor.committeechair":["Heuman, Amy N."],"dc:contributor.committeemember":["Koerber, Amy","Bennett-Brown, Margaret","Adams, Robyn"],"dc:creator":["Abakah, Winifred Sekyibea"],"dc:date.accessioned":["2024-12-11T17:01:45Z"],"dc:date.available":["2024-12-11T17:01:45Z"],"dc:date.issued":["2024-08"],"dc:description.abstract":["This thesis aims to explore societal challenges encountered by vulnerable and underrepresented women within different geographical locations in a two-fold study. First, we (Abakah & Heuman) critically analyze a non-governmental organization's efforts towards sexual and intimate partner violence in Ghana and second, through an autoethnographic inquiry into my (Abakah) societal positioning in the U.S. as a Black Ghanaian woman and international student, I self-reflexively analyze my lived experience in the U.S. diaspora. The first paper focuses on identifying existing strategies and challenges used by NGOs in reaching out to sexually violated women and proposes new or alternative communication strategies to address intimate partner violence. With a combination of in-depth interviews, existing interviews, and website data, the researcher triangulates the study's data to broaden our understanding of the work performed within a specific NGO and the communication strategies that they utilize as they navigate challenges and work to improve the lives of targets of intimate partner violence. The second paper employs a layered narrative account to illuminate how I was interpellated into the socio-cultural and political landscape within the U.S., placing me at a low level of the U.S. social ladder."],"dc:format.mimetype":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier.uri":["https://hdl.handle.net/2346/100505"],"dc:language.iso":["eng"],"dc:subject":["non-governmental organization","strategies","autoethnography","intimate partner violence"],"dc:title":["A Critical Feminist Examination of Women's Empowerment in the Ghanaian and U.S. Dominant Spaces"],"dc:type":["Thesis"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Communication Studies"],"thesis:degree_level":["Masters"],"thesis:degree_name":["Master of Arts"],"thesis:institution_name":["Texas Tech University"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:04:54Z"}