ABSTRACT
Until the 1970s, migration studies in Ghana focused on the movement of men. Any mention of women was as wives left behind in the rural areas to tend to farm plots and care for children and village property. Writing on the vulnerability to AIDS of some groups of Ghanaian woman, including sex workers, Adomako-Ampofo stresses that "women's disadvantaged positions have a direct influence on the kind of sexual relationships they enter and their clout to negotiate within these relationships". One kind of social organization among the Ghanaians, particularly the women, is closely linked to the sex industry in which the majority are employed. This is a purely informal type or association and is highly decentralized. In Abidjan, whole blocks or houses, some having over fifty tenants, are occupied by Ghanaian women. Religion can be a potent factor in rallying people because of its universal appeal.
