"I had to abandon the case because after making a report and given police medical form to go to the hospital, I was asked to pay Ghc300.00 for the medical endorsement fee", she said. These heartbreaking stories are the realities on the ground as against the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of Children, an agreement by countries including Ghana that have promised to protect the rights of children. In 2019, a total of 1, 270 defilement cases were recorded while rape cases stood at 369. Statistics also show that 667 domestic violence cases including 44 defilement cases were reported at the four lockdown affected areas in some parts of Greater Accra, Central and Greater Kumasi in 2020. Rather, "their role should be how to aid vulnerable victim's to report and allow the law to take its course".

Source: GhanaWeb June 05, 2021 18:11 UTC