Stakeholders working to end child marriages in the Upper East Region are tirelessly ensuring that victims, especially girls who have suffered such circumstances, are supported to remain focused in their identified skill areas.
Two cases were reported in the region last year, and while stakeholders worked to sensitize them, there were plans to help sustain them in identified fields of learning.
The Child Marriage Unit of the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection has the primary objective of increasing awareness, enhancing knowledge of the dangers of child marriages, and ensuring gender equality.
They do so by ensuring that improved linkages are made to safeguard victims delivered from early marriages and also ensuring they either remain in school or learn a trade.