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23 Aug

Twenty girls trained to champion reproductive health rights at Bosome Freho

Abono (Ash), July 01, GNA – The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) has trained 20 girls at Bosome Freho to build their capacities as advocates of reproductive health rights in their communities. The training program formed part of an adolescent reproductive health project being implemented by ARHR at the Bosome Freho District in the […]

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23 Aug

COVID-19: Traders Urged To Invest In Procurement Of PPE

Madam Aba Oppong, a Human Rights Activist, has underscored the need for traders and shop owners to acquire for themselves Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to prevent them from contracting the coronavirus. She said traders needed PPEs such as nose masks, hand sanitizers, and Veronica Buckets in their shops and places of work to protect themselves […]

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23 Aug

Re-Opening Of Schools Should Be Systematic – Activist

Mr. Stephen Ofosu Darfour, a child rights activist, has called on the government to adopt a systematic approach towards re-opening of schools in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. He said there should be clear laid down rules and regulations regarding how schools should be re-opened and operated, with focus on strict compliance to the […]

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23 Aug

Be bold to report any abuse during the lockdown – Aba Oppong

Madam Aba Oppong, a child rights activist, has called for women and children to bold to report to the appropriate authorities any form of abuse they suffer during the period Ghanaians have been asked to shelter in place. Victims of domestic violence, should refuse to suffer in silence and expose offenders. She said the anxiety […]

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23 Aug

‘Parents must intensify education on coronavirus for children’ – Aba Oppong

 Aba Oppong, a child rights activist, has called on parents to intensify efforts in educating children on the prevention protocols of the COVID-19. She said as schools in Ghana had been closed as part of measures to minimise the spread of the virus, it was important that parents and guardians also put in the right […]

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23 Aug

Disabled adolescent girls receive training on how to stay safe

Adolescent girls with various forms of disabilities in the Bosome Freho District have been sensitized on how to stay safe in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was during a sports day organized by the Rights and Responsibilities Initiatives Ghana (RRIG) in partnership with the Alliance for Reproductive Health and Rights (ARHR) for the […]

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23 Aug

Stakeholder meeting for reproductive health project held at Asiwa

Asiwa (Ash), May 04, GNA – A stakeholders’ meeting on the implementation of a reproductive health project which seeks to empower out-of-school adolescent girls in the Bosome Freho District, has been held at Asiwa. The project dubbed, “Empowering Adolescent Girls”, is expected to build the capacity of young girls to take the right decisions on […]

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23 Aug

Let’s revisit community training of children – Stakeholders

  Kumasi, June 08, GNA – The departure from the days when everybody’s child could be corrected by an elder in a community, has been identified as one of the factors driving moral decadence among Ghanaian youth. Stakeholders who attended a two-day capacity building workshop on the implementation of an adolescent girl’s reproductive health project […]

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23 Aug

Parents urged to seek legal remedy for abused girls with disability

Asiwa (Ash), June 16, GNA – Parents of girls with disabilities have been advised to seek a legal remedy for their children when they suffer any form of sexual abuse. Mr. Cornelius Derry, the Bosomtwe District Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) who gave the advise, said the rights of […]

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23 Aug

CSOs inaugurate programme to promote voices of children in Ashanti

Kumasi, July 29, GNA – A programme meant to raise the voices and assist children to take part in decision making at all levels, has been out-doored in Kumasi. Dubbed “Children’s Parliament” it is being implemented by the Defence for Children International (DCI) Ghana and Rights and Responsibilities Initiative Ghana (RRIG), both child rights NGOs, […]

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