Renee Aku Sitsofe Morhe
This researcher conducts extensive research on the intersection of various societal dynamics affecting reproductive health and contraception, with a focus on how legal frameworks, policies, and cultural practices shape access to safe abortion services, preventable domestic violence, user satisfaction with legal aid systems, sexual rights in adolescents, maternal healthcare challenges, and human rights issues. Their work synthesizes findings from diverse themes such as abortion units in Ghana, domestic violence prevention, South Africa's legal innovations, adolescent health disparities, global maternal healthcare efforts, and human rights disputes to provide a comprehensive understanding of the societal structures that influence women's lives.
Faculty Biography
I attended Stanford Law School, California, USA (from 2006-2010) where I obtained my Master of the Science of Law (JSM) and Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD) degrees. I also obtained an LL.M in International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex, Colchester, UK (from 2000-01). I am a barrister and Solicitor having graduated from the Ghana School of Law in Accra, Ghana (from 1991-93) and the University of Ghana, Legon (from 1989-91).I am a Senior Lecturer at KNUST and I teach Law of Torts, Jurisprudence, International Human Rights Law at the undergraduate (LL.B) level and Human Rights and Development and Family Law and Succession at the post-graduate Master of Laws (LL.M) level. I am also instructor for Law and Society Course at the PhD level.
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Global Maternal and Child Health
Human Rights and Development
Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Legal Education and Practice Innovations
Legal Issues in South Africa
Reproductive Health and Contraception
Self‐managed abortions in Ghana: A health policy framework analysis
Open AccessAvailability of Safe Second-Trimester Abortion Services in Health Facilities in Accra, Ghana
Towards preventing “decriminalization” of domestic violence at <scp>DOVVSU</scp>, Ghana
State compliance with decisions of the African Court: the case of Alfred Agbesi Woyome v Ghana
Open AccessPregnancy discrimination as a cause of action in Ghana: A commentary on CHRAJ, Grace Fosu & Thelma Hammond v. Ghana National Fire Service & the Attorney General
Open AccessAvailability of Safe Second-Trimester Abortion Services in Health Facilities in Accra, Ghana
Open AccessAvailability of Safe Second-trimester Abortion Services in Health Facilities in Accra, Ghana
Open AccessSelf-managed Abortion as a Medico-legal Intervention in Ghana: a Systematic Review
Open AccessUser satisfaction with ADR services provided by the domestic violence and victims support unit of the Ghana police service
Human Rights-Based Approach to Reducing Preventable Maternal Deaths in Ghana: A Six-year Review of Media Reports
Open AccessSexual and reproductive rights violations at sexual debut of male and female adolescents in Ghana
The Law on Defilement in Ghana and Challenges in its Implementation at the Ejisu-Juabeng Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service
Open AccessAn overview of legal aid for criminal cases in Ghana: the history and challenge of providing legal aid
Attitudes of doctors toward establishing safe abortion units in Ghana
Department of Private Law
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology