The involvement of parents and guardians in stemming child marriage has been deemed critical if this social canker is to…
Be innovative to achieve transformative goals – UNFPA urges partners
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called on its local partners to be innovative and work hard to achieve…
Ban pornography to curb teenage pregnancy —- Youth tells Government
A group of adolescents in the Central Region have called on the government to ban pornography as a means to…
We need legal solution to teenage pregnancy– MPs
The Parliamentary Caucus on Population and Development and the Parliamentary Youth Forum have expressed concern about the high incidence of…
Chief advocates on teenage pregnancy
Togbe Akliku Ahornui II, chief of Mafi Dadoboe, is determined to curb teenage pregnancy in his community in the Central…
Adolescent girls programme records success in Volta Region
A programme to educate and empower adolescent girls has resulted in a downward trend of teenage pregnancy in some districts…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…









