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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has appealed to the Government of Ghana to significantly reduce or untax sanitary pads to enable vulnerable adolescents to afford them. The reduction in taxes will also enable local manufacturers to produce more at a standardised price for the ordinary Ghanaian female. Ms Abigail…
The Upper East Regional Director of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Francis Takyi-Koranteng, has called on the government and other relevant stakeholders to take pragmatic steps towards addressing age-related barriers to the development of the youth.
The Ghana HIV and AIDS Network (GHANET) has elected Mr. Ernest Amoabeng Ortsin, a social policy analyst, as its new president. Delegates from across the country at an Annual General Meeting (AGM) elected Mr Ortsin unopposed, together with Mrs. Victoria Araba Dennis as the Vice-President, Mr. Andrew Yilob as secretary,…
Queenmothers have been urged to intensify girl-child education on the prevention of teenage pregnancy in their communities to bring the increasing cases under control. Dr Doris Aglobitse, National Programme Analyst in charge of Communication, Partnership and Resource Mobilisation at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said current statistics on teenage…
Child marriage is defined as a formal marriage or informal union of children before under the age 18 is a human rights violation. It disproportionately affects girls, robs them of their childhood, threatening their lives and health. Girls who marry before 18 are more likely to experience domestic violence and…