Ministry of Gender launches campaign against violence against children

By
Samira Larbie, RNG

Accra, June 2, GNA – A research conducted by
Department of Childhood, Ministry of Gender, Childhood and Social Protection
(MoGCSP) revealed that children are victims of violence at school, with a
just over 80% of children reporting that the corrective method used is
the walking stick.

The research also indicated that other
corrective methods included additional duties of 7.34%, advice of 5.87%
one hundred, physical exercises 3.52%, suspension / expulsion 2.04%,
reprimands 0.76 percent and refusal of food 0.02 percent adding that, 50.8 percent
One hundred of the children are victims of violence at home.

This was revealed at a meeting to validate
conclusions of the badysis of the situation of Ghana's children, which was highlighted by
undertaken in 2018.

In this work, the children themselves express
their most secret and intimate thoughts and fears, their hopes and dreams.

That's why the genre
Ministry in collaboration with OAfrica and the European Union launched a
"Stop Violence Against Children" campaign in the country.

The campaign is an important initiation by
OAfrica, which seeks to attract public attention to remove all actions that
perpetuate violence against children at home, at school, in the workplace, with respect for justice and
social protection institutions and community settings.

Ms. Cynthia Morrison, Minister of
Gender, children and social protection, in a speech read in his name by the
Director General, stated that children were not supposed to be punished but corrected
because punishment distorts them.

Ghana value children and has had over the years
promotes their well-being in their communities through innovation programs
and politics, she said.

She said that the country had progressed
children's rights in the fields of health, education and social protection
social badistance and justice, much remained to be done to ensure
Ghana suitable for all children.

Ms. Morrison stated that the study was transmitting the
children's views on issues that concern them, highlighting complete details
quality, accessibility and availability of education, health, water,
sanitation and social protection facilities and services available for
their.

The report's conclusions, however,
indicated that 51.2% of the children in the sample did not have babies
certificates, an indication of the need to further strengthen the capacities of
Register of births and deaths to make sure every child has this document, the
Minister said.

"Another important revelation of the study
is that some children are still dropping out of school for various reasons despite
various social interventions instituted by the government.

According to the children sampled, the corporal
punishment still prevails in schools, despite Ghana's hard position
Education Service (GES) to ban it, "she said.

The minister called all the children and
Protection actors to find appropriate strategies to meet the needs of children,
including the allocation of the necessary resources at the national, regional,
local and domestic levels.

«The new guidelines of the Ghana Education Service
require that the cane not be used in schools so we have
identified a significant gap between policy and implementation, and will focus on
on it for our second campaign, "she added.

Mr. Christian Ashiagbor Platini, O Africa
representative at the demonstration, noted that this form of corporal punishment was
push them out of families.

Mr Platini said that it was necessary to put an end to
Violence against children because beating his child is not in his interest
but against their basic human rights.

He advised parents to demonstrate
good values ​​for their children to learn and also urged teachers to come
with appropriate measures to feed and eliminate cane.

The representative of the European Union congratulated
the Children's Department for the conclusions adding that it would close the
gap between legislation and practice.

She said Ghana needed to create a country
free from violence and violence against children because it was the key to their future
development.

GNA