Public Lectures
“Recapturing the dream”. Public lecture delivered at the Ghana@50 Symposium on Ghana, the Next 50 Years: Our visions, our hopes, our aspirations held in Accra on 13 December 2007.
Women and globalization: Going with the flow. Public lecture delivered as part of ISSER-Merchant Bank Development Seminar Series on “Globalization and Development” held in Accra, Ghana on 10 May 2006 (with Akosua Darkwah)
Keynotes, Plenaries and Invited Talks
Making space for women’s informal urban livelihoods. Paper presented at Expert Group Meeting for the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 63) on “Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls”, Glen Cove, New York, 13-15 September 2018.
How can I come to work on Saturdays when I have a family? Ghanaian women’s formal work in a neoliberal era. Presentation at Michigan State University (organised by the African Studies Center, The Center for Gender in Global Contexts, and the MSU Museum), East Lansing, Michigan, 20 November 2017.
Integration of and interaction with different stakeholders (in building a strong research environment). Presentation at the Grantees Meeting of the Africa Initiative organised by the Volkswagen Foundation at Arusha, Tanzania, 16-18 November 2016.
In defense of insider scholarship: variations on a theme. Opening plenary of the International Conference on Migrations of Knowledge held at Carl von Ossietsky University of Oldenburg, Germany, 3-6 December 2014.
Sustainable development and women’s agency. Final plenary for the 23rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics held in Accra, Ghana, 27-29 June 2014.
Viable economic opportunities for rural youth. Presented as part of the Apply It! Rural Youth Webinar Series: Viable Economic Opportunities for Rural Youth organized by Making Cents International, Washington DC, 18 March 2014. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngoyvh6rPDQ
How to analyse social policy (pro-poor, gender-sensitive analysis). Presentation at a Regional Social Watch Training Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7 September 2011.
Theorising gender, gender relations and gender inequalities. Presentation at Capacity-Building Workshop with MOWAC Staff in Accra, Ghana, 12-13 April 2011.
Why gender matters in microenterprise development. Plenary at the Sustainable Microentreprise and Development Program in Accra, Ghana, 14 -25 March 2011.
What do we know about women’s lives in Africa and how does that affect how we do development? Presentation at a the 4th Sustainable Development Colloquium on Gender and Development in an African Context held at The Carsey Institute at the University of Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, 3 November 2010.
Understanding the problem: the national context. Presentation made at a conference on Developing and Retaining the Next Generation of Academics organised by University Leaders’ Forum held in Accra, Ghana, 21-24 November 2008.
Perspectives of a young scholar. Presentation made at a conference on Perspectives on Developing and Retaining the Next Generation of Academics in African Universities organised by University Leaders’ Forum held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 5 February 2008.
Invited Conference Presentations
Anyidoho, N.A. & Ajayi, K. (2018, December). What is the value of a university education in a global knowledge economy? Paper presented at the 15th General Assembly of the Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA) in Senegal, Dakar.
Anyidoho, N.A. & Ajayi, K. (2018, November-December). Are female graduates less ambitious? Gendered differences in educational and employment aspirations among tertiary graduates in Ghana. Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association in Atlanta.
Anyidoho, N.A. (2017, November). “Christian gender activists”? Religion and feminism in development work in Ghana. Paper presented at the 60th Annual General Meeting of the African Studies Association in Washington, DC.
Anyidoho, N.A., Mahama, S. & Dzanku, F.M. (2017, June). What is the value of higher education? Paper presented at the Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African Intellectual and Culture Festival in Legon, Ghana.
Anyidoho, N.A. & Ajayi, K. (2016, December). Mapping the employment expectations and outcomes of tertiary graduates in Ghana. Paper presented at the 59th Annual General Meeting of the African Studies Association in Washington, DC.
Anyidoho, N.A., Medie, P. & Crawford, G. (2016, July). The role of civil society actors in the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act in Ghana. Paper presented at the Second Triennial Ghana Studies Association Conference in Cape Coast, Ghana.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2016, March). The intersection of feminism, religion and development in discourses of “gender workers” in Ghana. Paper presented at a conference on Feminisms beyond the secular? Emerging epistemologies and politics in the 21st century at LeHigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Anyidoho, N.A. and Crawford, G. (2014, November). Fighting structural violence: The strengths and limits of coalition. Paper presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Anyidoho, N.A. and Adomako Ampofo, A. (2014, July) Women informal bank workers? The informalization of formal work in Ghana’s banking sector. Paper presented at the XVIII International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology held in Yokohama, Japan.
Anyidoho, N.A. and Adomako Ampofo, A. (2014, June). Transformation of women’s formal work in a neoliberal era: a study of female agency workers in Ghana’s banking sector. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics held in Accra, Ghana.
Anyidoho, N.A. (2014, May). Occupational preferences of University of Ghana students. Paper presented at the Faculty of Social Science Colloquium held at the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Anyidoho, N.A. and Crawford, G. (2013, June). Leveraging global links for local rights advocacy: WACAM and transnational mining corporations in Ghana. Paper presented at the European Conference on African Studies held in Lisbon, Spain.
Anyidoho, N.A. and Crawford, G. (2012, September). Leveraging global links for local rights advocacy: WACAM and transnational mining corporations in Ghana. Paper presented at the African Studies Association of the UK 2012 biennial conference held in Leeds, United Kingdom.
Anyidoho, N.A. (2012, August). How women make successful use of microcredit – the Mathew Effect explained. A paper presented at the 2nd Annual International Sociological Association (ISA) conference on the RC32 Session on Gender Empowerment and Microfinance: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Anyidoho, N.A. Leavy, J. and Asenso-Okyere (2012, March). Young people’s perceptions of and aspirations in agriculture: A case study of Ghana’s cocoa sector. Paper presented at the Young People, Farming and Food: International Conference on the Future of the Agrifood Sector in Accra, Ghana.
Anyidoho, N.A., Baidoo, I. and Pupulampu, B. (2011, December). Claiming the 21st century: Youth people’s aspirations and perceptions of future employment in Ghana. Paper presented at the 13th General Assembly of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) in Rabat, Morocco.
Anyidoho, N.A. and Adomako Ampofo, A. (2011, November). Women’s work in the banking sector in Ghana: Informalizing employment. Paper presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association in Washington D.C.
Anyidoho, N.A. and Anyidoho, K. (2011, February). “The video revolution and its potential for cultural and political pan-Africanism.” Paper presented at the 3rd CODESRIA-FESPACO Workshop on African Film on the theme African Film, Video and the Social Impact of New Technologies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Anyidoho, N. A. and Ainsworth, P. (2009, June). Rural-rural child migration in West Africa. Paper presented at conference on Child and Youth Migration in West Africa: Research Progress and Implications for Policy held in Accra, Ghana.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2008, December). Theorising the intersection of public policy and personal lives through the lens of participation. Paper presented at the 12th General Assembly of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2008, November) Truly national? Social inclusion and the Ghana@50 celebrations. Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association in Chicago, Illinois.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2008, February). The individual in development. Paper presented in Africa Next Development Dialogue on Values, identities and poverty eradication: Building epistemic communities of knowledge and experience for mind-led economic development held in Cape Coast, Ghana.
Anyidoho, N.A., Clottey, E.A., & Amanquah, S. (2007, September). Chieftaincy institutions and land tenure security: Challenges, responses and the potential for reform. Paper presented at the International Conference on Land Tenure and Policy Reform held in Accra, Ghana.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2004, November). Expressions of personal development: A study of a poverty reduction program for women in the Afram Plains of Ghana. Paper presented at the 47th African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2003, December). Identity and knowledge production in the 4th generation. Paper presented at the 30th Anniversary Conference of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) in Dakar, Senegal.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2003, April). Representation and the politics of location: Insider scholarship revisited. Paper presented at the American Ethnological Society Spring Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2001, November). Between rhetoric and practice: The salience of culture in Ghana’s educational reform. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association in Houston, Texas.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2001, March). Cultural Issues in Ghana’s Educational Reform Program. Paper presented at the 6th Midwest Graduate Students in African Studies Conference at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Seminar and Workshop Presentations
Anyidoho, N. A. and Adomako Ampofo, A. (2011, December). Findings on bank workers. Presentation at “Promoting Decent Work for Women in the Banking and Domestic Sectors in Ghana: A National Research Dissemination and Policy Dialogue” in Accra, Ghana.
Anyidoho, N.A. (2010, Dec.). Rights, Power and Civic Action – Findings from the Ghana Study. Presentation at the Rights, Power and Civic Action Workshop held at the University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Manuh, T. and Anyidoho, N. A. (2009, January). Taking the lead? A study of discourses and practices on women’s empowerment by Ghana’s Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MOWAC). Paper presented at the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment RPC Mid-Term Review Conference held in Cairo, Egypt.
Barrientos, S., Anarfi, J.K., Lamhague, N., Castaldo, A., and Anyidoho, N.A. (2008, May). Social protection for migrant labour in the Ghanaian pineapple sector. Paper presented at workshop on Agro-exports from Ghana: Pineapples and Cocoa in Accra, Ghana.
Barrientos, S., Asenso-Okyere, K., Asuming-Bempong, and Anyidoho, N.A. (2008, May). Mapping sustainable production in the cocoa sector. Paper presented at workshop on Agro-exports from Ghana: Pineapples and Cocoa in Accra, Ghana.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2008, January). Women’s empowerment through income-generating programs: the discourse and the reality. Paper presented at a symposium On Dialogues on Women’s Empowerment organised by the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment RPC in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2006, March). “Come to our aid”: Making sense of the tensions between dependence and self-effort in the dynamics of development. Paper presented at the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) Seminar Series, University of Ghana, Legon.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2005, March). Making sense of development policy: A study of a poverty reduction project in Ghana. Paper presented the Brown Bag series, Program of African Studies Brown Bag Series. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2004, March). Making sense of development policy: A study with a poverty reduction project in the Afram Plains. A paper presented at the Institute of Statistical and Social Science Research (ISSER) Seminar Series, University of Ghana, Accra.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2003, May). Examining “participation” in income-generating programs for women in Ghana. Paper presented at the Center for International and Comparative Studies Seminar Series, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2003, January). Insider scholarship: A discussion piece. Paper presented at the Program of African Studies Brown Bag Series, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Anyidoho, N. A. (2002, November). Income-generating programs: developmental democracy in practice? In Pathé Semou Gueye (Chair), Developmental democracy in Africa: theory and feasibility. The Annual Social Science Campus of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal.