Liberian refugee women - A qualitative study of their participation in planning camp programmes

Social work is re-evaluating its role in regard to the international arena of global interdependence, in particular with respect to refugee situations. A significant contribution to refugee studies is research concerning refugee issues. This qualitative study highlights the experiences of Liberian refugee women in planning programmes at Buduburam refugee camp. Ghana. Findings show that individual issues (trauma, lack of encouragement, basic needs and gender issues) and organizational issues (dependency, mismanagement of organizations, communication and power or control) were factors that affected women's participation in planning programmes.