Ministry builds up effort to safeguard rights of children in Ghana

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has scaled up the effort to safeguard the rights of children, promote their growth and development.
It has been building and strengthening the capacity of child protection committees through training to effectively report abuses.
On these committees are representatives from the judicial service, police, immigration, prisons, civil society organizations, traditional authority, clergy, media, births and deaths, National Commission for Civic Education and the health service.
Speaking at one of such training programmes held for members of the Ashanti Regional Committee to introduce them to the new reporting template, Mr. Christopher Lartey, a Senior Programmes Officer of the Department, said their goal was to properly track everything relating to the welfare and progress of children.
The implementation of policies on child and family welfare, and justice for children, would have to be closely monitored.
He reminded the committees to give accurate reports – avoid exaggeration to guide the decisions and actions of the Ministry.
He underlined the determination of the Department to make sure the child was well cared for and had adequate protection.
This was the way forward to prevent them from running into trouble with the law, he said, adding that, “even where they do, they would have to be treated well”.
He spoke of the need to make the formal justice system more child-friendly.
Mr. Stephen Ofosu Darfour, the Regional Director of the Department, encouraged everybody to place premium of child welfare and growth.
He used the occasion to highlight the deplorable conditions at the only children correctional facility in the region and said things needed to radically change.
GNA

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