A programme to educate and empower adolescent girls has resulted in a downward trend of teenage pregnancy in some districts…
16
Oct
Queenmothers urged to intensify teenage pregnancy education in communities
Akosombo (E/R), Oct. 11, GNA – Queenmothers have been urged to intensify girl-child education on the prevention of teenage pregnancy…
16
Oct
150 ‘kayayei’ earn livelihood skills
At least 150 girls, especially head porters (kayayei), have been provided with livelihood skills and some enrolled back to school.…
25
Jun
A survivor’s encounter with obstetric fistula
Comfort Mamba was a happily married woman living with her husband and three children at Kpandai in the Northern Region.…
02
May
Women, girls have right to make choices about their bodies – SWOP report
This year’s State of the World Population (SWOP) report has charged societies to support women and girls to make their…
22
Apr
UNFPA’s publicity agenda against Gender-Based Violence chalks success
The UN Population Fund says its 100 days’ publicity agenda on Sexual and Gender Based Violence is yielding positive results.…
08
Feb
Stop Female Genital Mutilation! – Youth demands on International FGM Day
February 6, 2021 is International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and to mark the day, the…
28
Jan
Child marriage project rescues 10 girls in Kumasi
At 16 years Safia Ahmed was married off to a middle aged butcher in Cote d’Ivoire in contravention to the…
23
Jan
Queen mother champions healthy parent/adolescent relationships in Kissi
In Kissi in the Komenda Edina Equafo Abrem (KEEA) municipality of the Central Region, a queen mother is helping to…
04
Jan
Christmas with the family after years of living on the streets
Accra, Dec. 31, GNA – “It is a moment of great joy for me going home after many years of…