Women Group Lauds U/E Minister
Members of Modern Women of Wisdom Organisation (MWWO), an all-female humanitarian non-governmental organisation (NGO), are gladdened at the pledge by the Upper East Regional Minister, Mr. Rockson...
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Ghana Risks Losing $600m – Ambrose Derry
The Minister of Interior, Ambrose Derry has warned that Ghana risks losing millions of dollars in aid if she continues to remain on the tier two watch list of Human trafficking. Speaking during an...
Indian ‘murders Daughter In Suspected Honour’ Killing
An Indian father slit his daughter's throat with a meat cleaver and dumped her body on her boyfriend's doorstep in a suspected honour killing, police said today. The father is accused of knifing his...
Ghana Risks Losing $600m – Ambrose Dery
The Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery has warned that Ghana risks losing millions of dollars in aid if she continues to remain on the tier two watch list of Human trafficking. Speaking during an...
Indian Murders Daughter In Suspected ‘honour’ Killing
Indian police Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly murdering his teenage daughter in a so-called honour killing after she was caught dating a local boy he did not approve of. The girl's father slit...
Akufo-Addo Must Prioritize Establishment of Domestic Violence Support Fund
After 10 years of neglect by the state, victims of domestic violence are on the verge of receiving the needed support the law guarantees them. A private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu, told The...
State Must Support Domestic Violence Victims
Mr Martin Kpebu a legal practitioner on Friday said the establishment of Domestic Violence Support Fund to cater for victims of domestic violence seeking medical attention in the country was crucial....
NGO Pays For Endorsement of Victim’s Medical Forms
The Child Protection Network in the Upper East Region has paid the GHc 300 that would allow the endorsement of the medical forms of a 13-year-old rape victim by doctors at the Bolgatanga Regional...
Government Ordered To Establish Fund In Support of Victims of Domestic Violence
An Accra High Court, in a landmark ruling, has ordered the Government of Ghana to establish a domestic violence support fund for victims of physical abuse and domestic violence in the country. The...
Court Orders Government To Establish Fund For Domestic Violence Victims
The Human Rights division of the High Court has ordered government to immediately establish a domestic violence support fund to provide free medical care for domestic violence victims. The order was...
Government Given 6-Months To Put Money Into Domestic Violence Fund
An Accra High Court has ordered government to allocate money to the domestic violence support fund to provide free medical care for victims of domestic violence. Justice Anthony Yeboah granted the...
Court Orders Gov’t To Establish Fund For Domestic Violence Victims
The Human Rights division of the High Court has ordered government to immediately establish a domestic violence support fund to provide free medical care for domestic violence victims. The order was...
Teen Says She Was Forced To Have Sex With 1,000 Men Over 2 Years
Lawyers in Pennsylvania say their client was sexually exploited at a motel for years, alleging the teen girl was a victim of human trafficking who was forced to have sex with more than 1,000 men....
Girls/Gender Education Launched For Schools In Teshie
A Girls/Gender Education Club for Teshie LEKMA 10 and 12 Basic schools have been launched to empower girls and help reduce sexual violence in schools. The event, organised by Reverend Mrs Hannah...
Celebrating Women?
‘Women’s empowerment and their full participation on the basis of equality in all spheres of society, including participation in the decision-making process and access to power, are fundamental...
‘Justin Bieber Impostor’ On 931 Child Sex-Related Charges
A man who posed as Justin Bieber online has been charged with more than 900 child sex-related crimes in Australia. The man, 42, masqueraded as the Canadian singer to gain explicit images from...
24 Trafficked Children Rescued In Eastern Region – MP
The Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman Constituency in the Eastern Region, Thomas Ampem Nyarko, has called on relevant institutions to intensify public sensitization on the risks of trafficking and...
Police Rescue Over 360 Girls From Trafficking
MORE than 360 young girls were rescued from being trafficked into the gulf countries in 2016, the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (ATHU) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) has disclosed. It said a total...
Gender Activist Demands Justice For Woman Stripped Naked, Beaten
A gender activist is demanding justice for a young woman who was stripped naked and kicked in her private parts in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi for allegedly stealing GHS1,000. In a video...
Kutcher Passionately Testifies On His Anti-Sex Trafficking Efforts
No one got "Punk'd" Wednesday morning when Ashton Kutcher came to Capitol Hill. The actor testified Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a hearing on progress in combating...