The Domestic Terrain within Transnational Activism: Ghana and the "Marital Rape" Clause.

In this paper, we use the case study of Ghana to argue that examining the domestic terrain is central to larger transnational organization or contention. Specifically, we explore how cultural framing reshapes both national and transnational movements. Current analyses of transnational activism or organization constitute the domestic terrain or culture only as extensions of larger transnational movements. In this case, however, feminist activists in Ghana initiated a campaign to enact domestic violence legislation in the context of a transnational campaign to end violence against women. In response, the government ultimately framed the issue as a form of cultural imperialism and, as a result, restricted the activists to domestic coalitions and domestic frames. Ultimately, this transformed the national movement and increased the support for the transnational movement by strengthening domestic ties and activists' resolve. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]