{"id":167818,"date":"2015-11-18T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=167818"},"modified":"2015-11-18T15:49:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T15:49:29","slug":"cso-joins-district-assemblies-to-fight-child-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/cso-joins-district-assemblies-to-fight-child-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"CSO joins district assemblies to fight child marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Research and Counseling Foundation for African Migrants (RECFAM) has bemoaned the rising incidence of forced and child marriages in the country and called for closer collaboration between civil society organisations and the various public institutions to combat the menace.<\/p>\n
It said the practice entrapped young girls and women into relationships that subsequently deprived them of their basic human rights.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”wd2QzWzGAk8LAVwkCfP0dArWScI9o1qY”]These came to light when RECFAM in collaboration with the Nkwanta South and North District Assemblies in the Volta Region held a stakeholders meeting on how to combat child and early forced marriages.<\/p>\n
The meeting was aimed at developing joint communication strategies and methodology to combat the menace of child marriage, which is a human rights violation. It often occurs in the shadows of poverty and gender inequality.<\/p>\n
It is for this reason that RECFAM, an internationally recognised NGO, embarked on a mission to sensitise the most vulnerable communities in the Nkwanta South and North districts to the need to abolish the practice.<\/p>\n
It was also to identify forced marriage children and reintegrate them into schools or offer them vocational skill of their choice.<\/p>\n
Communities such as Mama Akurah, Lakpab, Ubunja, Sibi Hill top, Nabu, Tinjasi, Pibilla, Azua, Kabonwule, Abuyanya and Gbgesike in Nkwanta North were identified as most vulnerable communities leading in early forced child marriages in Nkwanta North District.<\/p>\n