childhood

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Orphanage Shut Down For Selling Babies In Eastern India

Two people running an adoption centre in West Bengal which is suspected of selling at least 17 children to couples...

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India Arrests Heads of Adoption Centre Over Trafficking

Indian police said Tuesday they have arrested the heads of an adoption centre suspected of selling at least 17 children...

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Chief Causes Arrest of 2 Men For Abetting Child Marriage

Police in Jirapa have arrested two men from Tampaala community in the Jirapa District of the Upper West Region, for...

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Claims of Child Labour On Ghana Farms Overblown

Reports of Ghana using child labour on its cocoa farms are grossly exaggerated and not a true reflection of practices...

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Cocoa Sector Child Labour Concerns ‘grossly Exaggerated’

The Western Regional Minister-nominee, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has bemoaned the growing perception of child labour in the...

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18 Trafficked Children Rescued

The Anti-human trafficking Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Challenging Heights, has rescued some eighteen trafficked...

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NGO Rescues 18 Trafficked Children

Challenging Heights over the weekend rescued 18 more trafficked children from the Lake Volta. Already, the organisation...

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7% of Australian Catholic Priests Allegedly Abused Children, Inquiry Told

An inquiry examining institutional sex abuse in Australia has heard 7% of the nation’s Catholic priests allegedly...

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Parenting & Culture

Parenting requires interpersonal skills and makes emotional and most parents learn parenting practices from their own...

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Rescued Victim of Early Marriage Helps Girls To Build Computer Software

“One day, my uncle told me the man taking care of me was coming for me”, says Aminatu. That statement from an uncle...

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USAID Mission Director Reiterates Support For Fighting Trafficking In Persons

Mission Director of The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ghana Andrew Karas visited the Volta...

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6 KG Pupils Die In Classroom Collapse At Breman Gyambra

Six Kindergarten pupils of the Breman Gyambra Methodist KG School are reported dead, after  their dilapidated...

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Prioritise Education On Child Trafficking In Basic Schools – Lecturer Urges

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Education Winneba (UEW), Mr Kweku Esia Donkor is calling on teachers at the...

Entertainment

5 Marriage Mistakes That Can Hurt Your Children Later On

Married life not only impacts you, it touches your children. By allowing issues to grow and by not solving them in your...

International

Hundreds Report Football Abuse To Police

About 350 victims have reported child sexual abuse within UK football clubs, police chiefs have said. The National...

Opinion

Strengthening Supervision Of Orphans Reintegrated Into Their Extended Families

With the introduction of the Care Reform Initiative (CRI) in 2007 by the Department of Social Development (DSD), there...

International

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...

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Swedru Hospital Observes World Preterm Day

The Agona Swedru Municipal Hospital in the Central Region on Thursday observed the world prematurity day to raise...

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Police Bullet Meant For Robbers Paralyses 10-Year-Old Girl

A 10-year old girl has been left bedridden after police officers pursuing robbers fired a bullet straight into her...