Achieving UNFPA’s zero tolerance for child marriage project
By: Antoinette Abbah With less than a decade to meet the Sustainable Development Goal 5 of Gender Equality by 2030, the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, says it is working hard to end child marriage in Ghana. One out of every 5 girls is reported to be married before age 18, and this truncates their […]
Mother faces family’s wrath for saving 15-year-old daughter from marriage
By: Agengre Peter In April 2022, 15 years old Mbamah (not her real name) woke up on a warm day in a different compound at a different location, a farming community in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region. She had no idea that it was supposed to be her marital home. But many others […]
Calls For Stiffer Punishment For Perpetrators Of Child Marriage
COMMENTARY ON CHILD MARRIAGE BY TEHN-LENNOX AKPETEY, A DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION CONSULTANT Child marriage is a formal union of children before the age of 18. It is a violation of child rights and harmful traditional practice that is affecting young girls. In a response to this situation, fighting child marriage has become both a development and […]
