Dr. Dzodzi Tsikata is the author of "Promoting Change in Domestic Work Conditions from Outside the State in a Context of Regulatory Inertia: The Case of Ghana," the newest addition to the LLDRL Working Paper Series.
Dr. Tsikata's paper examines the legal and institutional frameworks, as well as the customary law and practices that inform听the protection, or lack thereof, of听domestic workers in Ghana. Her paper further outlines the听innovative approaches developed by domestic workers and non-state actors to protect domestic workers, including听the creation of the Victims of Domestic Violence Support Fund and the Domestic Services Workers Union. Dr. Tsikata's work critically examines the potential success of these innovations in the听absence of concerted efforts by the Ghanaian state to regulate domestic work in Ghana, including via the ratification of the ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers (ILO Convention No. 189).听
About the author听
Dzodzi Tsikata is President of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), a Research Professor of Development Sociology and Director of the Institute of African Studies (IAS) at the University of Ghana. Before this, she was based at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) during which time she was Deputy Director and Director of the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA) at the University of Ghana. She holds a Ph.D in Social Sciences from Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Dr. Tsikata鈥檚 research interests are in the听areas of gender and development policies and practices, women鈥檚 movements and gender equality activism,听the politics and livelihood effects of land tenure reforms, and听the informalization of labour relations and its implications for decent work.听She is widely published on these subjects. Her most recent publications include a co-guest edited (with Cheryl Doss and Gale Summerfield) special issue of听Feminist Economics on Land, Gender and Food Security听(2014), an edited book (with Cheryl Rodriguez and Akosua Adomako Ampofo),听Transatlantic Feminisms: Women and Gender Studies in Africa and the Diaspora听(Lexington Books, 2015) and an edited book (with Ruth Hall and Ian Scoones),听Africa鈥檚 Land Rush: Implications for Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change (Boydell and Brewer Ltd, 2015).
To read the Working Paper听
Dr. Tsikata's听Working Paper听is available听here.听To read and download other articles in听our Working Paper Series, see our "Publications" page.听
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