An average one out of four girls will be married off before their 18th birthday in Ghana. These child brides are often unable to effectively negotiate safe sex, leaving them vulnerable to sexually...
Only six orphanages are currently operating in the Central Region after the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection closed down 24 of such facilities. The orphanages closed down were said...
Sexual harassment, rape, defilement and incest have been on the ascendancy in recent times. Hardly a day passes without some of these heinous crimes being reported in the print media. They are all...
he New Juabeng Municipal Assembly in collaboration with the Eastern Regional Child Protection Committee, have closed down two brothels in the municipality. The centers were nightclubs where...
By Nana Ohemaba Kayayeis (head-porters), are mostly young women and men – sometimes below 18 years, who carry loads for fellow Ghanaians, after they have finished shopping in our various markets to...
The NDC party launched its 2016 manifesto in Sunyani, last Saturday in the Brong Ahafo Region. President John Dramani Mahama made some claims at that event. Two of such claims were fact-checked by...
Female student population in Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) grew 14 per cent more over the number of male students admitted to pursue various programmes for the 2016/2017 academic year, the...
Background And Context It is an undeniable fact that the digital age and access to the Internet offers children and young people unprecedented opportunities to learn, communicate and have fun. The...
