MiTra|WA
MitraWA: Migration and Translocality in West Africa
The Mitra|WA project was completed by December 2024. This Website is updated frequently for new publications.
West Africa is a region of migration par excellence. However, contrary to the popular image of a dominant West African-European migration nexus, 90% of international migration from West Africa takes place within the region (IOM, 2021). In addition to these estimated 8 million international migrants, millions of people migrate within their country, temporally, seasonally or permanently. Analyses of these mobilities either tend to focus on social and economic impacts in migrants' places of origin or at their destinations.
About our transfer project
Transfer project CARE4Her e.V.
As an outcome of the field research and a as a building block for consolidating and transferring research results into practice, members of the Mitra|WA team Passau started the Care4Her Foundation as a non-profit organization.
The aim is to support female migrants from rural Northern Ghana, which work under precarious conditions in Accra and other Ghanaian cities as with scholarships to pursue education in health profession, particularly nursing.
For more information, visit the Care4Her e.V. Website
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enjoy the podcast with Emerenz magazine Series: Ein Herzensprojekt in Ghana, Episode 17.
Latest Publications
Out now:
Mitra|WA Working Paper Series Volume 5
Does translocality influence climate change adaption of rural farming households? : evidence from Arochukwu, southeast Nigeria by Ikenna V. Ejiba and Adeola O. Olajide.
John Narh, Stefanie Wehner, and Christine Schmitt: "Odum Will Take Forever to Grow" — A Thoughtful Exploration of Agroforestry through the Lens of Political Ecology. Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100771
NEWS
Final Workshop and Policy Dialogue at Legon Campus
On Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th 2024, the closing event of the Migration and Translocality in West Africa Project took place at the University of Ghana, Legon.
Monday 18th, we shared our project findings concerning planning and policy making with an audience of stakeholders from politics, government agencies, traditional authorities, academia and NGOS. The highlight was definetiely the lively Policy Dialoguewith members from immigration services, private industry and different ministries, moderated by our team members Prof. Yaro, provost of the College for Humanities, UG and Dr. Adeola from University of Ibadan.
Tuesday 19th, we internally discussed final tasks, reflected on the last 3,5 years and enjoyed a final lunch together.
Impressions from the Final Workshop November 2024
Congratualtions to our PhD researchers from KNUST
First Mitra|WA doctoral researchers have graduated
Our sincerest congratulations to Daniel Blija and Emmanual Amponsah, doctoral candidates at our partner institution, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana. They have successfully defended their doctoral dissertations in October of this year. We would also like to express our gratitude to their esteemed supervisors, Prof. Dr. Michael-Poku Boansi, Prof. Clifford Amoako, and Dr. Michael Osei Asibeiy from the Department of Planning.
MitraWA Working paper series
Migration, translocality and development in times of climate change
In our series, "Migration, translocality and development in times of climate change” we present the latest results, excerpts from our work, as well as interim results or outcomes of small-scale studies. This series is part of our Climate & Environmental Services which we provide to the public. It focusses on topics relating to climate and environmental change in connection with migration, but will also feature papers on other relevant issues in relation to migration in West Africa.
Out now:
Coming up in May 2025
- Translocal Practices in Burkina Faso
- Results from the Baseline Survey in Ghana
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