Child marriage among children aged 12-17 remains high in Oti Region – GSS
The statistics were disclosed by Madam Esther Hammond, the Acting Oti Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Children and Social Protection, during an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), on the sidelines of a regional stakeholder engagement on child protection and gender-based violence.
The engagement, organised by the Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), formed part of efforts to strengthen child protection systems and promote coordinated action against child marriage and gender-based violence in the region.
They called for greater investment in girls’ education, comprehensive adolescent reproductive health services, economic empowerment programmes for vulnerable households, and expanded social protection initiatives to tackle the root causes of child marriage.
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