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 ...

In Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, teenage girls are commonly forced to marry before reaching adulthood, in spite of laws setting ...

The Global Media Foundation (GloMeF) has called for well-coordinated and multi-sectoral approach to tackle growing menace of child labour and trafficking on the Volta Lake. Mr Raphael Godlove Ahenu, ...

This article discusses how customary silence often justified as tradition or moral order hinders the full exercise of constitutional rights in Northern Ghana. It examines how sociocultural norms of ...

Ghanaian musician Patapaa's ex-wife, Liha Miller, announced her pregnancy shortly after her second marriage. She flaunted her ...

Kalaburagi: Approximately 40 individuals faced charges under the child marriage act on Nov 25, 2024 in Kalaburagi city. The authorities booked multipl.

Most African movie audiences do not have access to Netflix and other streaming platforms due to the digital divide and the ...

Nakolo Queenmother Kape Alugivala has called on government to intensify action against FGM and child marriage, citing continued violations in Ghana’s border communities.

de Groot, R., Kuunyem, M.Y. and Palermo, T. (2018) Child Marriage and Associated Outcomes in Northern Ghana A Cross-Sectional Study. BMC Public Health, 18, Article No ...

Madam Ankrah reminded families of the Children Act, which prohibited the marriage of children and called on them to rather support the girl child to achieve her fullest potential. Child marriages had ...

An underage 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 Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has called on journalists to help address the increasing child betrothal, cohabitation and ultimately marriage in the communities through real ...