Thankfully, messages such as “girls must not drop out of school or Girls should not be forced into marriage because of pregnancy, or be abused,” are gradually catching up with communities in the Upper East Region (UER).
These life-saving achievements are being recorded in various communities across the UER region, thanks to keen interventions from Men and Boys Clubs, and Parent Advocacy Movements (PAM) which have become torch bearers within their communities on issues regarding Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) against girls.
In the Yikurugu community in the Bawku West District, for instance, two adolescent school girls who got pregnant and dropped-out of school, neglected and stigmatized, are now back in school, due to the swift intervention of members of the Men and Boys Boys Clubs.