Charlotte Wrigley-Asante

EDUCATION:

MPHIL- UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, NORWAY
PhD – UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
Gender, poverty and empowerment issues
Gender , urbanisation and urban livelihoods
Gender, Migration and Cross-border trading
Gender and environment (climate change and air pollution)
Gender and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

COURSES TAUGHT CURRENTLY:
1. GEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD
2. GEOGRAPHY OF GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
3. REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA
4. QUALITATIVE REASEARCH METHODS

CURRENT RESEARCH:
1. GENDER, POVERTY AND EMPOWERMENT ISSUES
2. GENDER AND CROSS BORDER TRADING
3. GENDER AND MIGRATION
4. GENDER AND ENERGY ISSUES

PUBLICATIONS:

Journal Articles

1. Akugre, F., Owusu, K., Wrigley-Asante, C. & Lawson, E. T. (2021). How do land tenure arrangement influence adaptive responses? A study of crop farmers from semi-arid Ghana. Geojournal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10372-y

2. Owusu, G. & Wrigley-Asante, C. (2020). Urban Inequality and Poverty in the Global South. Equilibri Special Issue, 2020. pp.79-90 (doi;10.1406/98101)

3. Wrigley-Asante, C. & Ardayfio-Schandorf, E. (2019).  The emergence and institutionalization of feminist geography in Ghana. Gender, Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2019.1609429.

4. Wrigley-Asante, C., Frimpong, L. K., Amu, J., Owusu, G., & Oteng-Ababio, M. (2019). Determinants of perceived insecurity and its consequences in a low-income neighborhood in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and urban Sustainability.

5. Wrigley-Asante, C & Dake, F. (2019) Climate Change and Gender in Ghana: An Overview, In: Cudjoe, S.N.A., & Dovie, D. Climate Change in Ghana: The Human Dimension. Afram Publications Ghana Limited: Accra. Pp.56-76

6. Wrigley-Asante, C. & Agyemang, E. (2019). Trading on-the-road and off-the-road: Experiences of Ghanaian informal cross border traders. Ghana Science Journal, 16 (1): 23-53.

7. Wrigley-Asante, C., Agyei-Mensah, S. & Obeng Adomaa F. (2017).  It’s not all about wealth and beauty: Changing perceptions of fatness among Makola market women in Accra, Ghana. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. doi:10.1111/sjtg.12200

8. Wrigley-Asante, C., Owusu, K., Egyir, I. S., & Owiyo, M.T (2017). Gender dimensions of climate change adaptation practices: the experiences of smallholder crop farmers in the transition zone of Ghana. African Geographical Review. DOI.10.1080/19376812.2017.1340168

9. Wrigley-Asante, C. & Mensah, P. (2017 ). Men and Women in Trades: Changing trends of home-based enterprises in Ga-mashie. International Development Planning Review. IDPR, 39 (14) 2017. http://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2017.11

10. Wrigley-Asante, C. (2016). Gendered Perception of Crime and Safety. Insights from Different socio-economic urban neighbourhoods in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography. Vol 8(1) Pp.103-123.

11. Wrigley-Asante, C. (2012). Out of the dark but not out of the cage: women’s empowerment and gender relations in the Dangme West district of Ghana. Gender, Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, Vol 19, Number 3, June 2012. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. pp. 344-363

12. Wrigley-Asante, C. (2012).Unraveling the health-related challenges of women in the informal economy: accounts of women in cross-border trading in Accra, Ghana. Geojournal, Springer.

13. Wrigley-Asante, C. (2012). Survival or escaping poverty: the perspectives of poverty and wellbeing among Ghanaian women in cross-border trading . Journal of Gender Studies , first published online 20 August 2012.

14. Wrigley-Asante, C. (2011). Women Becoming Bosses: Changing Gender Roles and Decision Making in Dangme West District of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography, Vol. 3 , 2011. Pp. 60-87

15. Wrigley-Asante, C. (2008). Men are poor but women are poorer: Gendered poverty and survival strategies in the Dangme West District of Ghana.  Norwegian Journal of Geography, Volume 62, Number 3, September 2008 , pp. 161-170.

16. Salifu, A. R. Z., Lawson, E. T. & Wrigley-Asante, C. (2021). Water to water scarcity considering social determinants: Groundnut farmers in the Lawra and Nandom districts, Ghana. In: Ribbe L., Haarstick A., Babel. M., Dehnavi, S., Biesalski, H. K. (eds). Towards water secure societies, pp. 109-123, Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50653-7_9

17. Owusu, A. Y., Oteng-Ababio, M., Owusu, G., Wrigley-Asante, C. & Agyekum, M.W. (2019). Opening up or closing off; Urbanisation, violent crime and ‘poverty penalty’ in Ghana’s four largest cities. In Salahub, J. E., Gottsbacher, M., de Boer, J., & Zaaroura, M.D. (Eds) Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South (pp.40-66). Routledge, UK, NY