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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">30322</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2022-24-1-166-174</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>WOMEN IN PUBLIC POLICY: REPRESENTATION AND QUOTAS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ЖЕНЩИНЫ В ПУБЛИЧНОЙ ПОЛИТИКЕ: УЧАСТИЕ И КВОТИРОВАНИЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Career Barriers in Ghana: Evidence from Female Civil Servants</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Карьерные ограничения для женщин на государственной службе в Гане</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0012-1999</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Utkina</surname><given-names>Valeriya V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Уткина</surname><given-names>Валерия Владимировна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>старший преподаватель факультета социальных наук</p></bio><email>valeria_utkina@hotmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5527-4883</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Efimova</surname><given-names>Alina V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ефимова</surname><given-names>Алина Вадимовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>master student of the Program “Comparative Social Research”</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>студентка магистерской программы «Сравнительные социальные исследования»</p></bio><email>alina63efimova@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research University Higher School of Economics</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-02-25" publication-format="electronic"><day>25</day><month>02</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Women and Feminism in Global Politics</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Женщины и феминизм в глобальной политике</issue-title><fpage>166</fpage><lpage>174</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-02-25"><day>25</day><month>02</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Utkina V.V., Efimova A.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Уткина В.В., Ефимова А.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Utkina V.V., Efimova A.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Уткина В.В., Ефимова А.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/30322">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/30322</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">Ghanaian civil service is a classic example of a “gender pyramid” where top positions tend to be occupied by men, while women (more than 50%) face gender discrimination. Gender stereotypes about women are a major barrier to women’s career advancement in Ghanaian civil service. Based on a series of in-depth interviews with women in the Ghanaian public authorities, we identified the main problems women face in the Ghanaian civil service, such as patriarchal practices, gender discrimination, and harassment, including sexual harassment. Our study aims to show the practitioners why it is hardly possible to call public service a “comfortable job” for women in Ghana.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Государственная служба Ганы является классическим примером «гендерной пирамиды», в которой руководящие должности обычно занимают мужчины, а женщины (более 50% гражданских служащих) сталкиваются с гендерной дискриминацией. Гендерные стереотипы в отношении женщин являются серьезным препятствием на пути карьерного роста женщин на государственной службе Ганы. На основе серии глубинных интервью были выявлены основные проблемы, с которыми сталкиваются женщины на государственной службе Ганы. По результатам нашего исследования, это патриархальные практики, гендерная дискриминация и харассмент, в том числе сексуальные домогательства. Наше исследование направлено на то, чтобы помочь практикам выяснить причины, почему считать государственную службу «удобной работой» для ганских женщин не представляется возможным.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>civil service</kwd><kwd>female civil servants</kwd><kwd>discrimination</kwd><kwd>Ghana</kwd><kwd>women</kwd><kwd>patriarchy</kwd><kwd>in-depth interview</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>государственная служба</kwd><kwd>женщина на госслужбе</kwd><kwd>дискриминация</kwd><kwd>Гана</kwd><kwd>женщина</kwd><kwd>патриархат</kwd><kwd>глубинное интервью</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Acheampong, E.O., &amp; Dinye, R.D. (2015). Women and local governance in developing countries: A case study of Ejisu, Ghana. 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