UNFPA Ghana Country Office, Accra, 6 February – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) defines Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as…
Government committed to promoting reproductive health
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has said that the government was committed to…
Child marriage harmful to girls – Adolescent forum participants
Abby (not her real name) counts herself lucky that she was saved from child marriage. A victim of a harmful…
8th GoG/UNFPA Country Programme starts January 2023 -Partners hold planning meeting
Implementing partners of the Government of Ghana (GOG) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Programme (CP) have been…
Adolescents demand an end to child marriage
Taiba Yahaya got married soon after completing her Senior High School (SHS) in Walewale, in the Upper East Region. Unable…
Pay more attention to Obstetric Fistula— Mankessim Queen Mother
The Paramount queen mother of Mankessim, in the Central Region, Nanahemaa Ama Amissah III, has called for increased effort toward…
Men, boys have pivotal role to promote gender equality– Panellists
Panellists at a “Men and Boys Dialogue” are of the consensus that men and boys have a pivotal role in…
40 girls complete STEM camp in Accra
Forty adolescent girls from various African countries have completed a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) camp designed to stimulate…
Beneficiaries of ‘Safe Space’ programme share experience.
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…