Ministry of Gender to commemorate the Day of the African Child

The celebration is on the theme:
"Humanitarian Action in Africa: The Rights of the Child foremost".

A statement from the Ministry of Gender
and copied to the Ghana Press Agency in Accra on Tuesday, said that Ghana had played
over the years, it has hosted refugees and hosted some 13,000 refugees
and asylum seekers from different countries.

He stated that the Ghana Refugee Commission was working
in close collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Partners in
badisting over 13,000 refugees with an infant population of approximately 4,600 children,
representing about 34% of the country's refugee population and
to ensure that their rights, dignity and well-being are improved.

The statement said that through the agencies
like the National Disaster Management Organization and the Ghana Refugee Board,
children and their families from Ghana and other nationalities had been
supported to recover and urgent Empowerment of livelihoods
Against poverty has been given to victims of disasters to improve their well-being.

The celebration would also be linked to the
World Refugee Day, to be held on June 20, as well as the 30th anniversary of
the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

According to the African Union, humanitarian aid
crises resulted from various factors or events such as natural disasters,
of human origin resulting from armed conflict, tensions or human acts.

As such, these crises have often led to
violations of children's rights due to conditions of vulnerability.

These violations included the failure to provide
education, health or a standard of living sufficient for children to enjoy their children.
rights, and the consequences of these violations can affect boys and girls
differently and that children in vulnerable situations suffer the most from these
crises.

The statement stated that the government was
a lot to create a favorable atmosphere for children to grow up in a protected environment
environment in such situations and that there was a very strong legal power and
institutional framework for protection and response to situations of violence.

The ministry urged all stakeholders
including parents, traditional authorities, community leaders, teachers, leaders
of all institutions that treat children and the general public to unite in
ensure the protection of children.

"We must all come together so that even in
In the midst of a humanitarian crisis, children's rights are sufficiently respected.
protected.

As a nation, we must promote peace in our
communities, respecting the rights of all children, as stipulated by the United Kingdom
United Nations on the Rights of the Child on the occasion of its 30th anniversary
ratification."

The celebration of the day of Africa
Child is a reminder for Africans to stand up for children's rights
on the African continent.

It is also celebrated to commemorate the
gallant children who demonstrated against the poor quality of education
they received and asked to be taught in their own language on June 16
1976 in Soweto, South Africa.

GNA