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With the clock ticking towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency announced a groundbreaking new...

With the clock ticking towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency announced a groundbreaking new...

More than 1,000 children aged between 12 and 17 years have ever been in a marital union in the NKwanta North District in the...

Children aged 12 to 17 years being currently or formerly married or living together with a partner without civil or traditional recognition experienced a...

A former Minister of Gender and Social Protection, Rachel Appoh has condemned the publication of photos of the 16-year-old girl at the centre of...

The Ghana Police Service has questioned the Gborbu Wulomo of Nungua, Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII, in connection to an alleged marriage to a 12-year-old...

Residents and indigenes of Nungua are sharply divided over the alleged marriage of a child to the 63-year-old Gborbu Wulomo and overlord of the...

The Ghana Psychological Association (GPA) has condemned child marriage following reports of the marriage of a minor to a 63-year-old fetish priest.According to...

Amnesty International Ghana has joined calls for the Police to rigorously investigate the alleged marriage between the 63-year-old Gborbu Wulomo, Nuumo Borketey Larweh XXXIII...

The Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice has charged the Ghana Police Service to expedite investigations into the marriage of the...

The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Stephen Asamoah Boateng, has said his outfit will meet Nungua traditional leaders today April 2, 2024.This follows...

The Chieftaincy Ministry says it is taking into serious consideration the recent marriage between a 63-year-old traditional priest in Nungua, Gborbu Wulomo, Nuumo Borketey...

The Volta Regional Director of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Mrs Thywill Eyra Kpe, has re-emphasised the need to fight child marriage in the...

Child marriage has been one of the unending challenges confronting many communities, especially rural areas, in the country and other parts of the continent.On...

Executive Director of Savanah Women Integrated Development Agency, Hajia Alima Saed, has accused some religious leaders of making the fight against child marriage difficult.According...

Child Protection Advocacy Manager at World Vision Ghana, Gregory Dery, has described as disgraceful the budget provided to Ministry of Gender, Children and Social...

Campaign Coordinator for World Vision Ghana, Mrs Barbra Asare, has hinted that child marriage in the country is increasing amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.She...

Gifty Kuleke is a mother of two and a hawker on the streets of Accra, the single mother has revealed how she suffered early...

World Vision Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has deepened its call against child marriage in Ghana to end child marriage prevalence by 2021 by working...

Issues of child marriage especialling in the Northern region has increased in spite of a vigorous campaign by the Ministry for Gender and Social...

Increased global effort over the last decade against child marriages has paid off as the risk of a girl marrying before her 18th birthday...

First Lady of the Republic, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has disclosed that the elimination of child marriages in Ghana and the retention of girls in school...

The Wa East District Education Directorate and the Ghana Police service have rescued Ms Gladys Bassah, a 17-year-old Junior High School graduate from being given...

Persons found to have forced minors into early marriage or impregnated one in the Sisala East District of the Upper West region would be...

Nigerian actress and media personality Nancy Isime recently shared her unique perspective on marriage and independence.Unlike many young girls who dream about their wedding...

The Ashanti Region has since 2023 not recorded any child or forced marriage case, Mr Stephen Ofosu, the Ashanti Regional Director, Department of Children,...

Dancehall artist Stonebwoy has expressed his views on the pressure society places on individuals to marry and have children.In an interview on GTV, Stonebwoy...

Radio and TV personality Genevieve Abrefa Yeboah, popularly known as Oheneni Adazoa, recently addressed the criticisms she faced after revealing she has not had children...

Radio host Ohenene Adazoa has revealed that, despite being married for twenty years, she has not been able to have a child.Nonetheless, she remains...

A Deputy Attorney-General Diana Asonaba Dapaah has condemned the alleged marriage of a 12-year-old girl to Gborbu Wulomo.According to her, irrespective of...

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has expressed shock over the recent marriage between Gborbu Wulormo-Shitse, Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII, and a...

The onset of her menses signalled failure, and for all the months in six years, it flowed. Husband and wife were frustrated, but for...

A couple, married for 15 years without children, has finally given birth to quadruplets, two females and two males.The father, 66-year old Pensioner, Peter...

Single mother of two, Josephine Dansoa, has stated that no man will make her decide between marriage and her children because they are her...

On the Super Morning Show on Friday 1st October, listeners were given the opportunity to share their experiences in relation to fathers who have abandoned their children.A...

Multiple award-winning gospel musician Joe Mettle says a lot of artists are being dragged behind in the name of showbiz.In an interview with Andy...

Award-winning American gospel singer, Darwin Hobbs, says he’s grateful to God for blessing him with a miracle baby after 20 years of marriage.He said:...

Nigerian pastor, Bishop Iyobosa Atoe and his wife, Rev. Mrs B. Atoe of Jesus Reigneth Chapel Inc, in Nigeria, have welcomed their first child after...

Hauwa’u Suleiman, a 34-year-old housewife living at Alfadarai area of Zaria city, recently gave birth to a set of quadruplets.Hauwa’u told Daily Trust...