General News of Friday, 3 January 2020Source: ghananewsagency.orgDCI Ghana tasks stakeholders to embrace child protection programmesDefence for Children International (DCI) GhanaA non-governmental organization, dedicated to the protection and promotion of the welfare of children has called on Assemblies to enact and strengthen bye-laws that would help address issues of child prostitution and sexual violence in their communities. The Defence for Children International (DCI) Ghana, urged the Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies to endeavor to factor into their annual budgets and planning schemes, child protection and social welfare programmes, to enable their child protection units, effectively monitor the welfare of children in their areas. The aim was to help identify ways they could include child protection programmes in their 2020 annual budgets and action plans. He advised stakeholders to rally behind initiatives that bothered on protection of children to be able to churn out responsible adults in society. Alhaji Ibrahim Ibn, Member of the Champions of Change, a project of DCI Ghana, urged the assemblies to include counseling services support for victims of sexual violence.

Source: GhanaWeb January 03, 2020 18:11 UTC