Launching of Essential Services Guidelines for Women and Girls Victims of Violence

Accra, June 13, GNA – The Ministry of
Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), launched on Wednesday a
document containing guidelines for the provision of quality essential services
for women and girls who are victims of violence.

Ms. Mialonin Asibi, Executive Secretary
Ministry of Gender Ministry's Domestic Violence Secretariat, which launched the
document at a workshop in Accra, stated that it was intended to provide better access
a coordinated set of essential and quality multisectoral services for all
women and girls who are victims of gender-based violence (GBV).

She said that the package was a practical tool
country, by establishing a clear roadmap on how to ensure the provision and
coordination of quality services in all sectors, but also by helping them
they worked on the design, implementation and review of services for all victims and
victims of violence in a wide range of contexts and situations.

Violence against women and girls, she said
pandemic and an obstacle to the achievement of equality, stating that, on a
Around the world, three women have experienced physical or badual violence (30% of cases).
percent of women), according to a WHO study, with the sub-Sharan Africa shows a statistic of 37.0%
of this problem.

Ms. Asibi said that although gender-based violence, as well as
Domestic violence directly and indirectly affects a wide range of
institutions in the world, access to essential services has remained limited or
non-existent, while the lack of solid data complicated the design
effective support systems to solve problems.

The "essential services package" includes
five overlapping modules consisting of overview and introduction; Health
Essential services; Essential justice and police services; Essential social
Services; and Actions essential for the coordination and governance of
Coordination, she said.

She said that it was believed that these games
coordinated actions could significantly mitigate the consequences of violence
on the well-being, health and safety of women and girls, help to
recovery and empowerment of these groups, and stop the perpetration of such
crime against them.

Again, the provision of essential services
could reduce losses to women, families and communities
terms of productivity, academic achievement, public policies and budget and aid
break the recurring cycle of violence and continue to play a key role in
poverty reduction and development, as well as in efforts to reach the goal of
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Ms. Erika Goldson, Vice-Country
Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said that Ghana was
privilege to welcome the launch of the document with the support of his team
Regional Office for West and Central Africa, affirming that the SDGs explicitly target
to end discrimination and the elimination of all forms of violence and
practices against all women and girls.

She noted, however, that despite all
efforts and commitments made, such provisions remained ubiquitous
companies and at the country level, claiming that it was a serious form of
discrimination.

"Discrimination and different forms of
violence against women and girls, including badual violence and
practices, continue to seriously undermine the enjoyment of women's human rights, in particular
including their badual and reproductive health rights, "she said.

Ms. Goldson mentioned some of the support
necessary services, as a shelter for victims of GBV and trafficking, trauma and
counseling, access to badual and reproductive health services,
emergency medical care and a rapid justice system for such cases of violence,
adding that these services would not provide immediate support or recovery,
but would also help put an end to impunity.

She thanked all the stakeholders and
bilateral partners who contributed to the development of the document, and
UNFPA looked forward to the development of an action plan for the
coordinated multisectoral prevention and response to
violence, and building the capacity of key sector professionals and
United Nations agency staff for better results.

She urged participants at the workshop who
come from implementing agencies, ministries and departments of gender,
Civil society and the media, to unite their efforts in the
implementation of basic elements and quality guidelines of the essentials
Set of services to ensure equal access, to protect the human rights of
women and girls as well as other vulnerable groups.

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