Gender dimensions of climate change-related migration in the savannah and forest agro-ecological zones in Ghana

Francis Jarawura; Nauja Kleist; Joseph Teye

Gender dimensions of climate change-related migration in the savannah and forest agro-ecological zones in Ghana

Francis Jarawura
, Nauja Kleist
, Joseph Teye

Migration and global order

Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana

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Abstract

Gendered processes and conditions in societies are crucial in shaping vulnerabilities and mediating climate impacts and response such as migration. However, the gendered dimensions of climate change and migration have received little (albeit growing) attention. This chapter presents a comparative analysis of gender and climate mobility between two spatially and culturally differentiated agro-ecological zones: the Savannah and the Forest zones in Ghana. It highlights how different sociocultural context might shape gendered mobility in relation to climate change, manifested in both new and reinvigorated forms of migration, reflecting both longstanding and transforming gendered norms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Governing Climate mobility in Africa : Explorations of adaptation in Ethiopia and Ghana
Editors	Ninna Nyberg Sørensen, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Neil Anthony Webster
Place of Publication	Bristol
Publisher	Bristol University Press
Publication date	28 Jul 2025
Pages	189-209
Chapter	9
ISBN (Print)	9781529245394
ISBN (Electronic)	9781529245400, 9781529245417
Publication status	Published - 28 Jul 2025

Keywords

Climate change
Climate migration
Ghana
Agro-ecological zones
Gendered vulnerability

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Governing climate mobility in Africa: Explorations of adaptation in Ethiopia and Ghana
Sørensen, N. N. (Editor), Lindegaard, L. S. (Editor) & Webster, N. A. (Editor), 28 Jul 2025, Bristol: Bristol University Press. 287 p.
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Jarawura, F., Kleist, N., & Teye, J. (2025). Gender dimensions of climate change-related migration in the savannah and forest agro-ecological zones in Ghana. In N. N. Sørensen, L. S. Lindegaard, & N. A. Webster (Eds.), Governing Climate mobility in Africa: Explorations of adaptation in Ethiopia and Ghana (pp. 189-209). Bristol University Press. https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781529245417/ch009.xml

Jarawura, Francis ; Kleist, Nauja ; Teye, Joseph. / Gender dimensions of climate change-related migration in the savannah and forest agro-ecological zones in Ghana. Governing Climate mobility in Africa: Explorations of adaptation in Ethiopia and Ghana. editor / Ninna Nyberg Sørensen ; Lily Salloum Lindegaard ; Neil Anthony Webster. Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025. pp. 189-209

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Gender dimensions of climate change-related migration in the savannah and forest agro-ecological zones in Ghana

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