The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has called on all and sundry to contribute their quota to promote the well-being of girls.
According to Dr John Oti Amoah, a Research Fellow at the Centre, helping to tackle the challenges girls face, boosting the potential of girls and making their dreams a reality is not the preserve of only one person.
“Girls are part of our society so…Everybody whether you are a government worker, teacher, health worker, an entrepreneur you have a responsibility to in your small way to promote the wellbeing of girls,” he said.
Dr. Oti Amoah explained that individuals can contribute by for instance granting scholarships to girls, assisting in the area of health, buying sanitary pads for them among doing other good deeds for them.
According to him, girls can also be monitored and given the needed advice to ensure that they are not lured into premarital sex which can lead to teenage pregnancy.
He further urged parents to provide their female adolescent children with the needed care and support.
Dr Oti Amoah was speaking to ATL FM NEWS in commemoration of the 2023 International Day of the Girl Child.
The International Day of the Girl (IDG) which is observed annually on October 11 serves as a global platform to advocate for the full spectrum of girls’ rights.
To Dr Oti Amoah, the Day must be celebrated because it offers stakeholders the opportunity to discuss the challenges facing girls.
It is also to resolve those challenges for nothing hinders the girls from becoming national assets.
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Source: Rosemond Asmah/ATLFMNEWS
