Tag: UNFPA
UNFPA organizes exhibition to climax 16-day activism against gender-based violence
Parents of young children, especially girls, have been advised to pay close attention to changes in moods and behavior of their wards, since it...
40 out-of-school young men empowered against gender based violence
A total of 40 out-of-school young men have been tasked with the responsibility of helping to advocate an end to gender/sexual based violence, gender...
Humanitarian support must include Sexual and Reproductive Health issues – UNFPA
Dr Robert Mensah, Reproductive Health Programme Specialist at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called on stakeholders and institutions to mainstream sexual and...
UNFPA’s intervention improves adolescent sexual and reproductive rights
The implementation of adolescent empowerment programme by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) across some selected regions in Ghana has led to improvement in...
Let’s advance the well-being of adolescent girls
Mr Niyi Ojuolape, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Representative, has called for concrete and innovative ideas to advance the well-being of adolescent girls...
UNFPA adolescent intervention yielding results in beneficiary communities
The implementation of adolescent reproductive health intervention by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in selected districts in the Upper East Region is making...
UNFPA/Gender Department present sanitary pads to school girls in Tano North
The UNFPA and the Department of Gender on Tuesday presented quantities of sanitary pads to school girls in the Tano North Municipality of the...
Hearing-impaired girl gets access to education
For 14-year-old Salmu Alhassan, a hearing-impaired girl, education became a reality following the intervention of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...
Black Girls Matter: Speak Up for Our Girls Now – UNFPA
The world has witnessed some remarkable progress in how adolescent girls navigate their lives today. There is a large increase in their access to...
Validation workshop on the updated child marriage toolkit opens in Kumasi
A two-day validation and capacity building workshop on the updated child marriage toolkit for field workers has opened in Kumasi.
The workshop which was put...
UNFPA to support youth empowerment in Volta Region
Mr Vitus Atanga, the Programme Officer-In-Charge of Reproductive Health, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has said the organisation would continue to strengthen institutions in...
Adolescents need accurate information to navigate life successfully
Madam Enyonam Afi Amafuga, Volta Regional Director of Education, has stressed the need for adolescents to be provided with the rightful information to guide...
UNFPA calls for time, resources to curb domestic violence
The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has called for an urgent investment in time and resources to prevent a high incidence of...
FBOs urged to campaign against dehumanizing cultural practices
Mr James Twene, the Upper East Regional Director of Department of Gender (DoG) has called on members of Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) to...
Vocational and Skills Training to facilitate National Development-Allan Paintsil
Heads of vocational institutions and artisanal groups have been charged to educate the youth on the importance of skills training to facilitate national development.
Mr...
Fifty under-privileged teenage mothers undergo skills training
Some 50 teenage mothers have received skills training at Akoefe-Avenui in the Ho Municipality.
The beneficiaries drawn from five districts...
UNFPA calls for collaboration to support marginalized girls
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Ghana, has called for enhanced collaboration from all stakeholders, to support quality healthcare delivery, psychosocial and economic empowerment...
UNFPA and partners supports young street children with assorted items
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with Ms. Claudia Lumor, the Honourary Ambassador of the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) Ghana and...
UNFPA Country Representative praises Ghana for effective COVID-19 crisis management
Mr Niyi Ojuolape, the Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has applauded the Government of Ghana (GoG) for the effective management...
UNFPA supports adolescent girls in Central Region
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Department of Gender, has distributed assorted items to 400 adolescent girls in the Central...
UNFPA/partners organise SGBV training for hotline operators
A three-day basic crisis intervention and Hotline operation training for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence(SGBV) Response Officers and Managers, on Wednesday, opened in Accra.
It was...
UNFPA/ Gender empowers adolescent girls in Ekumfi
Sixty (60) adolescent girls in Ekumfi District have received training to enable them make informed decisions about their reproductive and sexual health rights as...
UNFPA empowers adolescent girls on the Domestic Violence Act
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has schooled selected young girls in the Upper East Region on the Domestic Violence Act and Sexual and...
UNFPA/WRCC engage adolescent clubs in Wassa East
The UNFPA in collaboration with the Western Regional Coordinating Council has organised a day's sensitization Programme on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights for...
Assin South leads adolescent pregnancies in Central Region
The Assin South District recorded the highest number of adolescent pregnancies in the first quarter of 2020 in the Central Region.
Out of a total...
UNFPA sensitises adolescents on family planning, sexual rights,
To reduce teenage and unplanned pregnancy among adolescents and young adults in Osu and nearby communities in Accra, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)...
UNFPA supports DOVVSU in Data Management training
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is providing data management training for officers of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the...
UNFPA trains DOVVSU investigators on gender-based violence
Fifty investigators of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service have been trained on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence...
“Money for pad” and hunger luring Ajumako girls into early sex
The inability of parents and guidance to buy sanitary pads and properly feed young girls have been identified as key factors pushing young girls...
NYA/UNFPA offer employable skills training to 30 young people
The National Youth Authority (NYA) with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has offered employable skills training to 30 young people in...