{"id":165073,"date":"2015-11-08T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=165073"},"modified":"2015-11-08T07:22:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T07:22:50","slug":"gender-ministry-deepens-campaign-to-end-sexual-violence-in-bongo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=165073","title":{"rendered":"Gender Ministry deepens campaign to end sexual violence in Bongo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in partnership with the Danish Development Assistance to Ghana (DANIDA), have successfully completed a two-day community durbar on ending gender-based violence in the Bongo district of the Upper East Region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stakeholders including chiefs, queen mothers, assembly members, religious bodies, parents and children discussed the causes and effects of gender-based violence and how it is affecting development in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Community members were\u00a0 sensitized on their roles in the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence through discouraging violent behavior, discrimination and outmoded cultural norms that condone violence against women and girls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165076 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-3.jpg\" alt=\"gender ministry in upper east (3)\" width=\"598\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-3.jpg 598w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-3-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Participants, particularly men and boys, who are the major perpetrators&#8217; were also educated on how to identify and report acts of sexual and gender-based violence to appropriate authorities for remedy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Programme manager, Ms. Petra DeGraft- Johnson, stated that statistics shows\u00a0a high rate of sexual and gender based violence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;One out of three women have been sexually abused, between 2010 and 2015 for every year, DOVVSU records a minimum of about 17,000 cases of sexual and gender-based violence \u00a0against women, followed by rape , defilement and non-maintenance,&#8221; Ms. Petra stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165075 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-2.jpg\" alt=\"gender ministry in upper east (2)\" width=\"598\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-2.jpg 598w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the worrying trend of sexual and gender-based violence should be comprehensively discussed in all settings of society and appropriate mechanisms adopted in order to end the menace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The head of the Bongo District office of CHRAJ, Mr.\u00a0 Amos Ayuure, \u00a0bemoaned the widespread cases of sexual and gender-based violence in the district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He hinted that most cases are usually reported to the traditional and opinion leaders\u00a0 for\u00a0 interventions \u00a0and are only reported to CHRAJ when the situation becomes exacerbated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165074 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-1.jpg\" alt=\"gender ministry in upper east (1)\" width=\"598\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-1.jpg 598w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gender-ministry-in-upper-east-1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Ayuure schooled residents on sexual and gender-based violence and urged them to report all such cases to his outfit for speedy resolution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bongo Paramount Chief, Bo-naba\u00a0 Salifu Baba Alemyaarum, lauded the programme and pledged his support to fight the canker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Frederick Awuni\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in partnership with the Danish Development Assistance to Ghana (DANIDA), have successfully completed a two-day community durbar on ending gender-based violence in the Bongo district of the Upper East Region. 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