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Wednesday, September 17, 2025
IDRC Research Chair for Ghana, Mary Setrana Boatemaa, co-authored article titled "Remittances, food insecurity, and coping strategies of West African migrants in Accra, Ghana". This study explores the connection between remittances and food security, as well as migrant coping strategies through a survey of 420 West African migrants in... More
IDRC Research Chair for Ghana, Mary Setrana Boatemaa, co-edited this open access book titled "Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection - Volume 2 Global Perspectives of Sanctuary, Solidarity, and Hospitality". This book offers the first comprehensive global overview of urban and local initiatives, policies, and practices towards including... More
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges, with far-reaching consequences for ecosystems, economies, and societies. It exacerbates the causes of forced displacement, rendering millions of people stateless. In 2022, Africa experienced approximately 16.5 million internal displacements—a 17 percent rise compared to the previous... More
Monday, October 2, 2023
The Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) at the University of Ghana, Legon, has initiated an IDRC project aimed at enhancing knowledge, evidence utilization, and leadership in the Global South regarding forced displacement, with a specific focus on Anglophone West African countries, including Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. The overarching... More
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
On May 30 and 31, in Dar es-Salaam Tanzania, something revolutionary happened. Twelve experts from some of the places most impacted by forced displacement gathered in person for the inaugural workshop of the IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement. Funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre, and with support from... More
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
The IDRC Research Chairs in Ghana and Burkina Faso have been officially selected. Mary Setrana Boatemaa, Director of the Centre for Migration Studies at the University of Ghana, Ghana, and Tiga Alain Ouedraogo of the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST) were appointed. The selection was celebrated at a launching... More
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