Tag: Teenage Pregnancy
Men must fully partake in the upbringing of children – Paramount Chief
Pe Dituudini Adiana Ayagitam III, Paramount Chief of Chiana Traditional Area in the Kassena-Nankana West District, has called on Ghanaian men to show concern...
Akatsi South Youth Parliament inaugurated- Speaker calls for peace
A Youth Parliament has been duly inaugurated at the main Municipal Assembly hall in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta region to serve...
Zimbabwean girl uses taekwondo to raise awareness on teenage pregnancy
With cases of child marriages in her community on increase, a 16-year-old girl from Epworth, a settlement just outside Zimbabwe's capital Harare, is using...
Stakeholders propose punitive measures for examination malpractices
Stakeholders in children's welfare and upbringing in Ashanti have proposed strict and enforced punishment for students and pupils who flout examination rules.
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Duayaw-Nkwanta Traditional Council restricts night movements of teenagers with a fine
The Duayaw-Nkwanta Traditional Council in Ahafo Region has restricted night movements of children below 18 years with a fine to control promiscuity and curb...
Gender Centre at GIMPA sensitises community on teenage pregnancy
The Gender Centre at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has organized a forum to sensitise community members at Nobi, a...
Akatsi North District commits to fight against teenage pregnancy
Stakeholders including chiefs and opinion leaders in the Akatsi North District, have expressed their readiness to improve on their position on the teenage pregnancy...
Be disciplined wherever you find yourself – Minister advises children
Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper Wrest Regional Minister, has advised children to be disciplined wherever they find themselves and must exhibit good conduct...
Population Officer calls for education to reduce teenage pregnancy
The Acting Eastern Regional Population Officer, Mr Kwasi Owusu Obeng, has called for the intensification of education on sexual and reproductive health for girls...
YHFG calls for reproductive health education in UER
Ms Priscilla Nyaaba, the Executive Director of The Youth Harvest Foundation Ghana (YHFG), a youth-focused Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Bolgatanga has called on the...
Reproductive health education addresses teenage pregnancy – ARHR
Madam Vicky T. Okine, the Executive Director, Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR)has said a comprehensive reproductive health education for adolescents will help ameliorate...
Gender Ministry commends fathers on Father’s Day
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has praised fathers for their contribution towards the development of children in the country.
It urged them...
NYA sensitises adolescents on early marriage, teenage pregnancy
The National Youth Authority has organized a day's sensitization workshop for out-of- school adolescents in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region on...
Teenage pregnancy, incest, defilement on the rise in Sekondi-Takoradi
Ms Constance Baidoo, Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Director for the Department of Social Welfare has bemoaned the alarming increasing cases of incest and defilement in peri-urban...
Will Teenage Pregnancy Ever End? Ask Stacy Amewoyi
Pregnancies among teens keep rising in towns and villages as the ratio thereof never decreases. Many women activists, NGOs and what have you, are...
Teenage Pregnancy, Still a Prevalent Challenge in the Country
It is not surprising that teenage pregnancy, one of the social issues in both developed and developing countries has received much attention in recent...
518 teenage pregnancies recorded in Wa West District
A total of 518 teenage pregnancy cases were recorded in the Wa West District Health Directorate in the Upper West region in 2019.
The figure...
Youth advised to utilise government social interventions
The youth have been advised to take advantage of government’s flagship programmes and interventions such as the Planting for Food and Jobs and Planting...
Committee to fight teenage pregnancy inaugurated at Dadoto
A 13-member committee has been inaugurated at Dadoto, a fishing community in the Krachi East Municipality to help curb the increasing rate of...
Free SHS: an Antidote to Teen Pregnancy – Plan Ghana
Mr. Richard Buadu Central Programme Unit Manager of Plan International-Ghana has lauded the Government’s free Senor High School (SHS) policy saying it was...
Community enacts by-laws to fight teenage pregnancy and elopement
Naa Baloree-Zumoh Baligi III, Chief of the Kpare Traditional Area, has enacted by-laws to outlaw elopement and teenage pregnancy in the community to...
‘Alcoholism, driving force of teenage pregnancy in Tano North’
Alcoholism is contributing to the upsurge in teenage pregnancy in the Tano North Municipality, Mrs Mufty Tampuri, the Municipal Health Promotion Officer, has said.
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Black Pruners will work hard to curb teenage pregnancy
Pastor Patrick Kwasi Mensah Brew, President of Black Pruners a youth advocacy group has announced the group's intention to work hard to curb the...
Gender Department scales up efforts to address teenage pregnancy in Elmina
The Central Regional Department of Gender on Wednesday organised a community documentary road show in Elmina to educate guardians, parents and community members on...
Teenage pregnancy and drug abuse rising in Bono East
Teenage pregnancy and drug abuse have been identified as major setbacks to adolescent development in the Bono East Region.
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Bosome Freho Sees Increment in Teenage Pregnancy
The Bosome Freho District Directorate of Health Services, has consistently recorded higher teenage pregnancy incidences in the communities, over the past five years.
Mr Clement...
Teenage pregnancy undermining our human resource
Madam Lena Alai, Volta Regional Director, Department of Gender, has noted that the prevalence of teenage pregnancy was threatening the human resource base of...
Upper East Records Abnormal Cases of Teenage Pregnancy
Madam Rofina Asuru, the Upper East Regional Deputy Director of Nursing Services (DDNS) in charge of Public Health activities says the region has exceeded...
Chief of Agogo Pledge to Handle Teenage Pregnancy
The Chiefs and other traditional leaders in the Agogo, Traditional area of the Asante-Akim Central District, have pledged their support to combat the rising...
NGO and Okada Boys Discuss the Pros and Cons of Teenage pregnancy
Shalomword Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with focus on education is to engage commercial motor riders (okada boys) in the Central Tongu District of...