A group of adolescents in the Central Region have called on the government to ban pornography as a means to…
We need legal solution to teenage pregnancy– MPs
The Parliamentary Caucus on Population and Development and the Parliamentary Youth Forum have expressed concern about the high incidence of…
Chief advocates on teenage pregnancy
Togbe Akliku Ahornui II, chief of Mafi Dadoboe, is determined to curb teenage pregnancy in his community in the Central…
Adolescent girls programme records success in Volta Region
A programme to educate and empower adolescent girls has resulted in a downward trend of teenage pregnancy in some districts…
Queenmothers urged to intensify teenage pregnancy education in communities
Akosombo (E/R), Oct. 11, GNA – Queenmothers have been urged to intensify girl-child education on the prevention of teenage pregnancy…
150 ‘kayayei’ earn livelihood skills
At least 150 girls, especially head porters (kayayei), have been provided with livelihood skills and some enrolled back to school.…
A survivor’s encounter with obstetric fistula
Comfort Mamba was a happily married woman living with her husband and three children at Kpandai in the Northern Region.…
Women, girls have right to make choices about their bodies – SWOP report
This year’s State of the World Population (SWOP) report has charged societies to support women and girls to make their…
UNFPA’s publicity agenda against Gender-Based Violence chalks success
The UN Population Fund says its 100 days’ publicity agenda on Sexual and Gender Based Violence is yielding positive results.…
Stop Female Genital Mutilation! – Youth demands on International FGM Day
February 6, 2021 is International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and to mark the day, the…