{"id":169550,"date":"2015-11-25T11:42:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T11:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=169550"},"modified":"2015-11-25T11:42:56","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T11:42:56","slug":"violence-hindering-gender-parity-in-schools-oye-lithur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=169550","title":{"rendered":"Violence hindering gender parity in schools – Oye Lithur"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister of Gender Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur says although Ghana\u2019s education sector continues to record progress in attaining gender parity, gender based violence in schools hinder this development.<\/span><\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”snQaK0Ql5dByYgc85mzS7XKNzg8kWuhv”]She was speaking at the launch of sixteen days of activism against gender-based violence in Accra. The sixteen day campaign which begins on November 25, is to educate the public on gender-based violence and human rights in all spheres of life. <\/span><\/p>\n

The campaign which ends on December 10, (International Human rights Day) aims at raising awareness \u00a0about gender-based violence which is a human rights violation. <\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s campaign is themed \u201cFrom peace in the home to peace in the world: make education safe for all\u201d. She explained that school-related gender based violence affects millions of children and adolescents worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n

She further mentioned recent statistics from Plan International which indicated that \u201c246 million boys and girls suffer school related violence every year.<\/p>\n

The Minister therefore called on all \u201cschool heads, teachers and parents to help address the problem of school related gender based violence in Ghana\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0Meanwhile Acting Director of DOVVSU, ACP Habiba Twumasi Sarpong urged all who face any form of violence to endeavor to report to the appropriate stakeholders for action to be taken. She said \u201cthis fight is sometimes made more demanding because people usually refuse to seek help and support in such occurrences let alone reporting them to the appropriate quarters\u201d<\/p>\n

ACP Twumasi Sarpong finally expressed the Unit\u2019s readiness to help victims of human right abuse and ensure that culprits of such acts are brought to book.<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By :Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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