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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]
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 ...
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.
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 ...
She was the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection in Ghana from 2013 to 2017, [7] [8] appointed by President John Mahama after the Ghanaian general election. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress .
Discrimination in Ghana is widespread against the disabled. Few educational institutions accept disabled students or make provision for such students including those with mild cases, for example students who cannot climb stairs. Government building and worship centers are mostly built also lacking that same capability.
Disability in Ghana is greatly stigmatized and the only way considered acceptable to deal with the problem is to kill them via advice by a witchdoctor. [15] Spirit children are referred to as chichuru or kinkiriko in the Kassena-Nankana district in Northern Ghana. [16] These children primarily come from poor, rural areas. [17]
Ghana is a sovereign country in West Africa. It was a British colony until 6th March 1957 , when it became the first country south of the Sahara to gain independence . The fundamental rights of a Ghanaian has been enshrined in the Chapter 5 of the 1992 Constitution. [ 2 ]