The Akuapim South Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development, Angelina Nagertey, has advised victims of marital abuse not to use their children as a reason to remain in violent relationships.
She noted that most victims of abuse, particularly women, often abandon the process of finding justice during the final stages with the excuse that there will be no one to take care of their children.
Ms Nargetey was speaking at the end of a pilot project on addressing issues of Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (DGBV) through women’s empowerment and advocacy in Ghana.
The project, which was implemented 12 months ago in the Akuapim South Municipality, was funded by the Karen Takacs Women’s Leadership Fund of Crossroads International and initiated by the Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC).
Ms. Nagertey admonished women to put their lives first because their children will be left to live with other women when they die.