LET'S HELP OTHERS: BECOME A VOLUNTEER
In my daily interactions with people, it seems they have little knowledge about whether persons with disability in Ghana (ranging from kids to adults) have institutions they can be trained in. There have been instances where people called to ask…
If a juvenile has committed a serious offence, they may be sentenced to time at a Senior Correctional Centre even if they are 17 or younger. These severe offences include murder; rape; defilement; indecent assault, involvement in unlawful harm; robbery with aggravating circumstances; drug offences; and firearms-related crimes.
Child abuse is not just physical violence directed at a child. It is any form of maltreatment by an adult which is violent or threatening to the child. This includes neglect. When child abuse occurs in the home and the abuser…
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence is a cancer deeply rooted in most part of the world and fueled by the culture of silence. Children being a vulnerable group are not spared by this cancer. It is experienced in the form of rape…
The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) has issued its findings on Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Greece, Iceland, Kiribati, Somalia, and Zambia, the States parties that it reviewed during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has stated that children born out of wedlock have a right to maintenance by their fathers, just like those born in marriage. Mr. John Ato Breboh, Senior Principal Investigator of CHRAJ,…
I am thrilled to tell you about my new book (baby) yet to be birthed. One of the most significant causes of vulnerability of children worldwide is separation from the love and care of family. Loss of parental care has…
In the industrialized countries of the early twentieth century, there were no standards of protection for children. there was nothing like child rights. It was common for them to work alongside adults in unsanitary and unsafe conditions. Growing recognition of…
They have spoilt our names just to achieve their own mission, an Anti-Trafficker narrated how children are trafficked around the Volta lake. Human trafficking is an international problem affecting millions of people and many countries around the world. In Ghana,…
The Africa Platform on Children Affected by Armed Conflict (APCAAC) has welcome the African Union (AU)’s adoption of two significant policies on child protection. The new African Platform on Children Affected by Armed Conflicts (AfCAAC) aims to serve as an…