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Disability in Ghana is stigmatized, and in some communities, based on the advice of the community witchdoctor, a child thought to be a spirit child is killed. [13] In the Kassena-Nankana District in Northern Ghana, Spirit children are referred to as chichuru or kinkiriko. [14] These children primarily come from poor, rural areas. [15]
It is made up of lay members, the child's parents or guardian, a social worker and the child. [9] The Child Panel includes the chairman of the social services sub-committee, a member of a women's organization, a representative of the traditional council, a district worker, a member of the justice and security sub-committee and other citizens in ...
The ministry's role makes it advocate for better treatment for women and children. Issues of concern that come to the fore are handled by the ministry. One of such issues was the 2011 when the ministry announced it would in collaboration with the Ghana Department of Social Welfare undertake a re-registration of orphanages in the country.
Although the Children's Charter makes provision for special protection measures for the disabled, it fails to expressly include disability as a prohibited ground of discrimination Unlike the CRC, which specifically ascribes rights to children of minorities, there is no similar provision in the African Charter, despite many countries in the ...
Ghana’s child protection law, the Children’s Act, prohibits child marriage. Nevertheless, data from 2011 shows that 6% of girls nationwide were married before the age of 15. [ 15 ] Between 2002 and 2012, 7% of adolescent females (aged 15–19) were currently married. [ 17 ]
The Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations, formerly Ghana Federation of the Disabled, is the umbrella body that advocates for the various disabled groups in Ghana. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] External links
DOVVSU previously Women and Juvenile Unit (WAJU) was introduced in October 1998 as a special unit to handle violence against the vulnerable. Assigned a new name to Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit in 2005, is composed of police personnel with offices in all regional capitals and desks in majority of districts in Ghana. [6]
Under Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a 'child protection system' provides for the protection of children in and out of the home.One of the ways this can be enabled is through the provision of quality education, the fourth of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in addition to other child protection systems.