SEND Ghana calls for joint action on child labour

Project The Gender and Youth Development Officer at SEND Ghana, Mary-Anne Kamara, said a DKA Austria-supported project, “Addressing Child Labour Through the Gender Model Family Approach”, was helping to reduce child labour in cocoa-producing communities by promoting awareness of child rights, gender equality and equitable household decision-making.

National dialogue Mrs Mohammed was speaking during a national dialogue on child labour in the cocoa sector in Accra last Tuesday, aimed at examining the drivers of child labour and identifying practical measures to address the problem.

She said the project, being implemented in four communities, Nyame Ani, Watreso, Wawase Camp and Somnyamekudo in the Jukwa and Twifo Praso cocoa districts, had helped 21 families to develop their own Family Gender Equality Action Plans, while more than 200 children in four basic schools had been trained on child labour and its legal implications.