5 Communities, 10,000 Girls, ONE Mission: END Child Marriage!”
In the Gomoa East and Awutu Senya districts, as well as the Awutu Senya East Municipality, Isaac Arthur, who is the Head of Programmes for International Needs Ghana (INGH), has brought attention to the execution of the Promoting Adolescent Safe Spaces (PASS) initiative in fifteen different villages. In order to provide teenage girls with the ability to live their childhoods without the pressures of early marriage and pregnancy, the effort, which is being operated by INGH in conjunction with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), seeks to put an end to child marriage. Additionally, the program will include boys and parents/caregivers in discussions about problems pertaining to relationships and the protection of children. Ninety-five facilitators were provided with three days of training as part of the project. The training included topics such as sexual and gender-based violence, child rights, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, child marriage, and responsible parenting. The training was conducted by resource persons from the Department of Social Welfare, the Ghana Health Service, and the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit. Isaac Arthur pointed out that the PASS project has been conducted in five MMDAs since 2019, reaching more than 10,000 teenage females with transforming effects. He also emphasized INGH’s more extensive contributions to the areas of education, gender and child rights, youth development, and health since it was established in 1987. At the conclusion of the course, the participants were able to demonstrate the necessary abilities and the confidence required to successfully involve teenagers in their communities.
