Ghana-28th Session November 2017-Early marriage, Forced marriage

Para 122) Two high-level meetings were held in the Greater Accra Region with traditional and religious leaders from across the country to sensitize them on early marriage, FGM, domestic and gender-based violence and its dangers, including obstetric fistula. Para 123) These efforts have led to an increase in the reportage of gender-based violence and its related harmful practices. CHRAJ received about 89 cases of early child enforced marriages, which were duly investigated. Para 134) The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has launched a National Campaign to ‘End Child Marriages’. So far, 5 national dialogues have been held for a total of 450 participants, including media houses, to enable them to use their platforms to engender discussions on issues of child marriage. Para 135) A Facebook page, Ghana Ends Child Marriage, and Twitter account, (@ChildMarriageGh, have been created to continually engage audiences with the right information using the #GhanaEndsChildMarriage statement. Para 136) 1,000 copies of the National Strategic Framework on Ending Child Marriage have been developed and disseminated. Para 149) Since 2019, the GOG, with support from UNICEF and other partners, has embarked on an initiative to strengthen the Integrated Social Services (ISS) in line with the system strengthening approach. ISS supports addressing multi-dimensional poverty and vulnerability by linking health, child protection, alternative care, gender-based violence, and social protection services. An integral part of ISS is the Social Welfare Information Management System (SWIMS), a digital case management system to document, report and facilitate intersectoral referrals of child protection cases. Types of cases handled in the order of most common types are: … (e) Adolescent pregnancy and child marriage;