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The recent Ghana Labour Standards Survey (GLSS-6) has shown that 21.8 per cent, representing 1.9 million children aged between five and 17 years out of the over eight million nationwide population, are engaged in child labour. The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations says the statistics released in August 2014, …

Thirty-one children, who were trafficked into forced labour on the Volta Lake in the Volta Region, have been rescued. The children, whose ages range between six and 17, who were in the custody of the Social Welfare Department, were being sheltered, and undergoing counselling, medical screening and rehabilitation. The rescued …

The 10-year-old girl who was sexually abused by a level 300 student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has passed on, Kasapafmonline.com understands. The girl, according to sources familiar with her ordeal, passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, same day the young man was arrested …

The Tumu township, capital of the Sissala East district of the Upper West region is gradually gaining notoriety in child prostitution a study by Social Initiative for Literacy and Development Programme (SILDEP) has revealed. Chief Executive Officer of SILDEP Moses Dramani Luri disclosed that the child prostitutes operate in groups …

The police have raided and arrested four persons including an Arabian for allegedly being part of a human trafficking ring in Accra. This follows a Joy News collaboration with the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Police Service about the activities of human traffickers. According to Joy News’ Kwetey Nartey, the …

Police in the Ashanti Region capital, Kumasi, have arrested 24 men suspected to be involved in the stripping and beating of a lady accused of theft at Adum, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. This is after the woman reported the assault to the police. The 24 suspects are currently in …

A 31-year-old man is in the grips of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Nungua Police for attempting to defile a 15-year-old student. The suspect, Simpson Mensah is said to have arranged with the boy, who is a student at the engineering Burma Camp in Accra, …

ActionAid Ghana has held the first ever protest walk dubbed: “End Child Marriage” with a call on stakeholders to support children, especially the girl-child, in acquiring at least basic education before thinking about marriage. ActionAid Ghana, the Global Social Justice Organisation, which is working to achieve social justice, gender equity …

The Anti-human trafficking Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Challenging Heights, has rescued some eighteen trafficked children from the Lake Volta. The children, aged between 5 and 17, before their rescue, served as child-slaves to fishermen on the lake. Child trafficking in the fishing industry has been a problem for the Ghanaian …

Thirteen students of the Jukwaa Krobo Junior High School (JHS) in the Central Region have quit school due to the incessant sexual harassment by their teachers. The female students who are deeply troubled over the reprehensible behaviour of their teachers say they can no longer contain such advances at them …

The Kasoa Divisional Command has arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly defiling his 13-year-oldd daughter in Awutu Ofakor in the Central Region. The Kasoa Divisional DOVVSU Commander, DSP Florence Annaman who disclosed this to Adom News’ Kofi Adjei said the suspect; Kwame Addo has been having sexual intercourse with his …

clear strategic direction Reflecting on the 60 per cent reduction in institutional neonatal mortality rate from 5.8 per 1000 live births in 2012 to 2.3 per 1000 live births in 2013, Buckle queried whether the President is by implication saying we are now concentrating on neonatal health “There was insufficient …

Minister-designate for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has said he will act speedily to push a response to the US government concerning efforts to curb the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking. “For the past two years Ghana has been rated as tier two. And if Ghana is rated as tier two, …

Many women’s rights NGOs around the world are working to advocate for the protection of women from all forms of gender-based violence.  Advocacy refers to a process, initiated by citizens or groups of citizens, such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), to bring about change.  Two broad types of advocacy can be …

Punishing pregnant school girls: Addressing critical issues unconstitutionally The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) has noted with dismay, suggestions by a Deputy Director of the Ghana Education Service that: “basic school girls who get pregnant should be punished severely to serve as deterrent to their peers.” The story which …