The Civic Education Officer of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mrs Phebemary Makafui Adodo-Samani, has proposed the adoption of April as Sexual Violence Awareness Month.
This according to her would help educate the public, especially children, about the devastating effects of sexual violence and promote a culture of consent. "As the world observes April as Sexual Violence Awareness Month, I will urge Ghana to also adopt this international event as a national awareness campaign to raise awareness about sexual violence and abuse just like we do in October to raise awareness about Breast Cancer and it working positively," she said.
Mrs Adodo-Samani made the call at a seminar organised by the Accra Technical University in partnership with "I Believe Global" in Accra last Friday to mark the International Women's Day.
The day was under the theme; "Advancing women's role in the digital economy and AI innovation." According to her, Ghana lacked concrete statistics on sexual violence due to inadequate research, however, anecdotal evidence suggested that the problem was pervasive, with many victims suffering in silence.
