Report
Resource Guide on Ending Child Marriage
Establishing a national strategic framework and coordinating mechanism for ending child marriage
Highlights
This guide was developed as part of an existing partnership between the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and UNICEF Ghana towards strengthening child protection system in Ghana and supporting the
Ending Child Marriage Campaign. The focus of the initiative which commenced in September 2014 is to eradicate child marriage in Ghana and to achieve the following key results:
1. Establish a national strategic framework and coordinating mechanism for eliminating the incidence of child marriage and its related consequences such as teenage pregnancy.
2. Increase preventive action by traditional leaders, religious bodies and communities.
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