As the world marks July as the Month Against Trafficking in Persons, the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), in collaboration with the Handmaid of the Divine Redeemer Sisters’ Foundation, the ...

Child marriage: The unending challenge confronting communities in Ghana On Aug 22, 2022 Last updated Aug 22, 2022 On June 15, 2022, Alhassan Fuseini (Not real name), a 50-year-old man, forced a ...

In Ghana, a National Strategic Framework on Ending Child Marriage (2017–2026) was created in 2016.

A 12-year-old girl has been placed under police protection in Ghana after it emerged she had been married to a 63-year-old traditional high priest.

The Upper East Regional Department of Gender, in collaboration with the Regional Coordinating Council, has intensified the campaign against child marriage in the area. The effort, which targeted ...

The Paediatric Society of Ghana (PSG) has called on stakeholders to ramp up efforts at eliminating child marriages in Ghana.

Is Ghana allowing child marriages? There's been outrage in Ghana after images were shared on social media of a wedding of a girl who is a minor, to a 63-year-old traditional high priest. Show more ...

Survivor of child marriage Naila Amin advocates for federal law banning marriage for children under age 18 in this op-ed.

In Nepal, teenage marriages and pregnancies are widespread Nepal's child marriage rate is one of the highest in the world.

UNICEF and Zonta International are working together to prevent child marriage by tackling established practices and bolstering local systems to secure girls’ human rights. On Sept. 21, 2023, in ...