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Some men, boys and parents in some districts in the Upper East Region have been trained on key national policies and legal frameworks that speak against the practice of child marriage in Ghana. The training was to equip the participants who are championing campaigns against child marriage and related practices…
Teenage pregnancies in the Upper East Region, reduced marginally at the end of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. The region, at the end of last year, recorded 14.2 per cent of teenage pregnancies as against 15.4 per cent and 15.2 per cent at the end of 2020 and…
SRHR, key to achieving Sustainable Development Goals 16th Dec 2020 | Source: GNA
Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) by women and girls is key to gender equality and empowerment and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mrs Georgina Aberese-Ako, the Upper East Acting Regional Director of the Department of Children, has said.
She said if the sexual and reproductive health needs of individuals particularly women and girls were met it would empower them to be more assertive, improve upon family and community wellbeing, boost economic gains and save the lives of women and children.
She noted that it would enhance safe sexual life leading to the prevention of teenage pregnancies among adolescents, curb sexual and gender-based violence, and the spread of HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).
Stakeholders in Upper East resolve to end child marriage
Stakeholders in selected districts of the Upper East Region have resolved to end teenage pregnancies and child marriages in their jurisdictions. They said socio-cultural practices, ineffective communication among parents and children, lack of family planning, and parental irresponsibility were major causes of teenage pregnancies and child marriages in their areas. The stakeholders comprised traditional and religious leaders, Assembly Members from three districts, Bongo, Talensi, and Nabdam. They made the call at a forum organized by the Regional Coordinating Council with funding support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Global Affairs of Canada.