Child marriage
Esi Partners UNFPA To Fight Teenage Pregnancy
The United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) office in Ghana is to collaborate with the Pempamsie Foundation, a...
Child Marriage Rampant In 5 Districts of Northern Region
Five districts in the Northern Region have recorded the highest rate of child marriage considered as a major human...
Kpone Katamanso DCE Dead At 69
The District Chief Executive for the Kpone Katamanso District Assembly, Alhaji Antie Tetteh has died at age 69. His...
Turkey Withdraws Child Rape Bill After Street Protests
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has withdrawn a bill that would pardon men convicted of sex with underage girls...
Child Marriage Increases By 42% In Northern Ghana
Women empowerment advocacy organization called Songtaba has disclosed an increased 42%.percentage of child marriage and...
World State Report Calls For Investment In Girls
The 2016 World State Report has called for investment in girl’s education, health, and leadership skills to enable...
CHRAJ Calls For Protection Of The Girl Child
The Ashanti Regional Director of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mrs. Mercy Larbi,...
Ghana Calls For Bill On Early and Forced Marriages
An average one out of four girls will be married off before their 18th birthday in Ghana. These child brides are often...
Girls Not Brides Ghana Calls For Bill On Early and Forced Marriages
An average one out of four girls will be married off before their 18th birthday in Ghana. These child brides are often...
Child Marriages Prevalent In Muslim Communities – NCCE
Northern Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Razak Saani has condemned the...
Baci Takes Child Marriage Campaign To Wa
Season VIII winner of TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful Bentie Abigail Baciara, populalrly known as Baci, has been...
The Hardest Place To Be A Girl
Chad, Niger, Central African Republic, Mali and Somalia have been ranked at the top of an index of countries listing...
Ending Child Marriage Is Progress Towards Our Global Goals
On Tuesday, 11th October 2016, the world will be commemorating the International Day of the Girl Child. This comes a...
Chad, Niger, Mali Top List of Hardest Place To Be A Girl
One girl under the age of 15 is married every seven seconds, according to a new report by Save the Children. The study...
Esi Courts Help of Religious Leaders In Fight Against Teenage Pregnancy
The reigning queen of Ghana’s Most Beautiful Vera Oheneba Safoah popularly known as ESI has intensified her fight...
Illegal Child Marriages Flourish In Nepal, Stealing Youths’ Futures
Kopila Wosti was just 14 when her father married her off to a stranger who was five years older. A year later, she gave...
Too Young to Marry but Old Enough to Have Sex?
Each year, 15 million girls marry before the age of 18 around the world. Breaking this down - everyday 41,000 girls get...