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General News on Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2019-07-17
play the videoFreda Prempeh, Deputy Minister of Women's Affairs, Children and Social Welfare
As part of the government's efforts to eradicate human trafficking and related crimes, the deputy minister of gender urged young people to reap the benefits of the free high school policy and to flee misleading people who promise more grazing land. greens off the coast of the country.
Free SHS policy, which is one of the main programs of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government, was introduced in 2017 and promises free, equal and fair secondary school education.
Speaking on the World Day Against Human Trafficking – Commemoration Meeting of the Blue Day in Agbogbloshie Market, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, Freda Prempeh warned residents, especially young people and parents, not to interact with recruitment agencies and people offering jobs and opportunities for study abroad. .
Trafficking in human beings, modern slavery are just some of the biggest global problems with very few solutions.
Ms. Prempeh pointed out that "… now traffickers have gone from being trafficked to the border to selling and now they have gone further to sell human parts. So we want to raise awareness, put forward, we want to create more awareness that human trafficking is here … our future leaders are dying. "
She reminded them that under the Trafficking in Human Beings Act of 2005, trafficking in human beings and related acts is illegal and that captured persons face a minimum penalty of 5 years and a maximum penalty of 25 years. from prison.
According to her, there are no greener pastures for young people living off the coast of the country; therefore, taking advantage of the free SHS initiative could be the best option.
".. There is nothing for anyone … now, a free high school is here, so if your parents say that they can not accompany you to school, there is a free high school that you can tap into and go back to school … we're here to make the most vulnerable aware that there's no greener pasture anywhere … "
She pointed out that the government is putting in place "systems and structures to make sure the situation is under control".
According to available United Nations reports, thousands of men, women and children end up in the hands of traffickers, often deceived and deceived, into believing that they are forced to work to improve their family or to remove it by force. or even through very poor families selling children to survive.
In recent years, the government has made considerable efforts to curb the situation in the country, despite limited resources, to prosecute and convict arrested traffickers.
Human Trafficking Act in Ghana
The 2005 Human Trafficking (HTA) Act, which was drafted to prevent, reduce and punish trafficking in human beings for the purpose of rehabilitation and reintegration of trafficked persons, disapproves of the law.
It defines trafficking in human beings as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, accommodation, trade or reception of persons within and across national borders through the use of threat, force or other forms of coercion, kidnapping, fraud, deception, abuse of power, etc. .
Ghana prohibits all forms of trafficking in its HTA, which provides a minimum sentence of five years imprisonment for all forms of trafficking.
According to the AHTU, 61% of all reported trafficking cases in Ghana were work-related, while 39% were cases of badual exploitation.
Communities along the Volta Lake are known for child trafficking.
It is estimated that fishing on Lake Volta, the fourth largest reservoir in the world, accounts for 90% of total inland fisheries production in Ghana and about 20% of the country's total fish catch.
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