Miranda Greenstreet Explained

Miranda Greenstreet
Birth Name:Miranda Nahabiah Greenstreet
Nationality:Ghanaian
Occupation:Academic and Educationist
Known For:Director of the Institute of Adult Education (now Institute of Continuing and Distance Education)
Boards:Coalition of Domestic Election Observers
Children:Ivor Greenstreet
Yvonne Greenstreet
Education:London School of Economics
Workplaces:University of Ghana

Miranda Greenstreet is a Ghanaian academic and educationist.

Career

Greenstreet worked with the University of Ghana and was at the Institute of Adult Education (now Institute of Continuing and Distance Education) where she rose to become the director of the institute.[1] [2] She continued to be a regular contributor to the Annual New Year School organised by the institute.[3]

Other activities

She was the co-chair of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) together with Justice V. C. R. A. C. Crabbe, a former Supreme Court Judge.[4] [2] She was also a member of the CivilSociety Coalition on National Reconciliation in Ghana.[5]

Personal life and family

Miranda was married to Dennis Greenstreet who was English. They met while they were both studying at the London School of Economics in the 1950s.[6] Her son Ivor Greenstreet is a politician and lawyer while her daughter Yvonne Greenstreet is a biotechnology executive and doctor.[7] She was pregnant with Ivor when the Nkrumah government was overthrown on 24 February 1966 by the National Liberation Council military regime. She cited how she was threatened with detention at the time but refused to report to the military authorities after the coup d'état as she saw this as an abuse of her academic freedoms.[8] Another son, Ian Greestreet, is the founder and chairman of Infinity Capital Partners and Member on the advisory board of the London Stock Exchange.[9] [10] She has a daughter, Isobel, who is a dental surgeon.[11] Greenstreet is the granddaughter of Nana Kwame Ofori Kuma who is a member of the Royal house of the Akropong–Akuapem stool.[12]

Honours

Publications

  1. Greenstreet . Miranda . Social change and Ghanaian women . Canadian Journal of African Studies . 1972 . 6 . 2 - Special Issue: The Roles of African Women: Past, Present and Future . 351–355 . English . 0008-3968. [14] [15]
  2. Greenstreet . Miranda . Labour conditions in the Gold Coast during the 1930s with particular reference to migrant labour and the mines . Economic Bulletin of Ghana . 1972 . 2 . 2 . 32–46 . English . 0013-0044. [16]
  3. Book: Greenstreet . Miranda . Ghana labour: education in relation to productivity and employment. . 1972 . International Institute for Labour Studies . Geneva . [17]
  4. Book: Greenstreet . Miranda . Females in the Agricultural Labour Force and Nonformal Education for Rural Development in Ghana . 1981 . Institute of Social Studies . Hague, Netherlands. [18]
  5. Greenstreet . Miranda . When Education is Unequal . IDS Bulletin . 1 July 1981 . 12 . 3 . 14*18 . Institute of Development Studies . Sussex . [19]
  6. Book: Greenstreet . Miranda . The Ghanaian woman: development through education and family planning . 1987 . Population Impact Project, University of Ghana . Legon, Ghana . English. [20]
  7. Greenstreet . Miranda . Empowerment through Education and Reproductive Health Communication in Ghana . Development . 1999 . 42 . 1 . 67–69 . Palgrave Macmillan . 10.1057/palgrave.development.1110015 . 86749969 . 1011-6370. [21]
  8. Greenstreet . Miranda . Social Transformation: Education, Culture and Human Development . Some Critical Development Issues Facing Ghana (Proceedings, 2001). 2001 . Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences . Accra.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adult education has benefited national devt . GhanaWeb . 13 January 2022 . en . 6 January 2007.
  2. Web site: We must fight political vigilantism holistically - Prof. Greenstreet . Modern Ghana . 13 January 2022 . en . 25 August 2017.
  3. Web site: Adult Literacy Vital For Development . www.recogin.com . The Representative Council of Ghanaians in the Netherlands . 13 January 2022 . 9 January 2007.
  4. Web site: CODEO Coalition of Domestic Election Observers . www.codeoghana.org . 12 January 2022 . 2016.
  5. Gyimah-Boadi . E. . National Reconciliation in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges . Briefing Paper . May 2002 . 4 . 1 . 13 January 2022 . Ghana Center for Democratic Development . Accra . en . 0855-4005.
  6. Web site: Saltzman . Jonathan . Alnylam is getting a rare kind of leader - The Boston Globe . BostonGlobe.com . The Boston Globe . 12 January 2022 . 28 November 2021.
  7. Web site: Ivor Greenstreet fit for President - CPP . Graphic Online . Graphic Communications Group Ltd . 13 January 2022 . en-gb . 20 September 2020.
  8. Web site: Ivor Greenstreet celebrates 50th Birthday - MyJoyOnline.com . www.myjoyonline.com . 13 January 2022 . 3 June 2016.
  9. Web site: Ian Greenstreet . Infinity Capital . 18 January 2022.
  10. Web site: Ian Greenstreet The London Conversations . 18 January 2022.
  11. Web site: Dr Isobel Theresa Adjuah Greenstreet (OPH Malton Limited) - Director Profile - Endole . suite.endole.co.uk . 18 January 2022.
  12. Web site: Greenstreet Mourns Grandfather – Oseadeeyo Nana Addo Danquah Iii . Modern Ghana . 18 January 2022 . en . 4 February 2016.
  13. Web site: V.C's Academic Awards 2016-2017 . 6 . www.ug.edu.gh . University of Ghana . 16 February 2022.
  14. Book: Greenstreet . Miranda . Social change and Ghanaian women . Canadian Journal of African Studies . 13 January 2022 . 351–355 . English . 1972. 772479325 .
  15. Greenstreet . Miranda . Social Change and Ghanaian Women . Canadian Journal of African Studies . 1972 . 6 . 2 . 351–355 . 10.2307/484207 . 484207 . 0008-3968.
  16. Book: Greenstreet . Miranda . Labour conditions in the Gold Coast during the 1930s with particular reference to migrant labour and the mines . Economic bulletin of Ghana Economic Bulletin of Ghana . 13 January 2022 . 32–46 . English . 1972. 772540611 .
  17. Book: Greenstreet . Miranda . Ghana labour: education in relation to productivity and employment. . International Institute for Labour Studies . 13 January 2022 . English . 1972. 34344732 .
  18. Book: Greenstreet . Miranda . Females in the agricultural labour force and nonformal education for rural development in Ghana . Institute of Social Studies . 13 January 2022 . English . 1981. 12215066 .
  19. Web site: When Education is Unequal . opendocs.ids.ac.uk . Institute of Development Studies . 13 January 2022.
  20. Book: Greenstreet . Miranda . The Ghanaian woman: development through education and family planning . Population Impact Project, University of Ghana . 13 January 2022 . English . 1987. 18432136 .
  21. Greenstreet . Miranda . Empowerment through Education and Reproductive Health Communication in Ghana . Development . Development. - Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 1011-6370. - Vol. 42.1999, 1, p. 67-69 . 13 January 2022 . 1999. 42 . 1 . 67–69 . 10.1057/palgrave.development.1110015 . 86749969 .

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