Tag: United Nations Population Fund
UNFPA sensitises women on its SGBV orange support Centre
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Thursday sensitised women on its Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Orange Support Centre aimed at assisting...
Write your wills to reduce post-death conflicts
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has encouraged families and individuals to make wills to legally declare their wishes on how to dispose their...
Parents must empower children to say ‘no’ – UNFPA
Ms Abigail Edem Hunu, the Programme Assistant of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has advised parents to empower children, especially girls to say...
UNFPA urges Queenmothers to help end teenage pregnancy
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called on Queenmothers in the Upper East Region to help end teenage pregnancy and child marriage.
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UNFPA opens Orange Support Centre, launches SGBV Boame App
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has opened a Support Centre in Accra and launched a technology application to provide services to Sexual and...
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...
Child Marriage is a crime – Gender Ministry
Ms Maribel Akuorkor Okine, the Western Regional Director of the Department of Gender, says child marriage is a crime and punishable by law.
She said...
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...
Increase legal fine for perpetrators of child marriage – Facilitators
Facilitators of Men and Boys Club in the Central Region have called on the judiciary to as a matter of urgency issue stiffer punishment...
Saving mothers and babies-KATH’s maternity block in mind
What really comes to your mind upon hearing a woman losing her life while trying to bring a new life to this earth? Or...
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...
Stakeholders of Domestic Violence to establish data portal on child marriage
Stakeholders' have held a meeting to discuss ways to establish a data and information portal to help end child marriage in the country.
The meeting...
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...
Adolescent girls in Ningo-Prampram benefit from mentorship programme
One hundred selected adolescent girls from eight coastal communities in the Ningo-Prampram District Friday benefitted from a mentorship programme on sexual reproductive health...
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...
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 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...
“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...
Wassa East District youth leaders receive training on reproductive health
The Western Regional Coordinating Council and National Youth Authority in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFP), have organised a day's advocacy training...
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...
COVID-19: UNFPA donates to reduce risks of frontline health workers
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Tuesday, donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to be distributed to the...
UNFPA to reduce teenage pregnancy in Bortianor with Wawa Aba platform
To help to address the concerns of adolescents on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), teenage pregnancy and family planning, the United Nations...
UNFPA supports marginalised young people
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has presented packs of hygiene kits and emergency food supplies to Hope for the Future Generations (HFFG), a...
Protect your dreams, GHS counsels ‘adolescent champions’
The Ghana Health Service ( GHS) has counselled its adolescent champions at Benyadze in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem ( KEEA) municipality of the Central Region to...
Let’s not shield people who impregnate girls – Gender Dept.
Madam Lena Alai, the Volta Regional Director, Department of Gender, has asked opinion leaders to allow men who impregnate girls to suffer the right...
Be bold to educate your children on adolescent reproductive health, parents urged
Gender activists have called on parents and caregivers to be bold and proactive to educate their children and wards on gender and adolescent reproductive...