Regional News of Thursday, 3 June 2021Source: newsghana.com.ghA capacity building workshop has been held for about 60 community facilitators and healthcare providers under the Adolescent Girls Programme being implemented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Kumasi. A total of 56 districts in 11 regions are benefitting from the programme with UNFPA working with partners in 40 districts in nine regions, targeting out-of-school adolescent girls and selected boys. The UNICEF on the other hand is focusing on adolescent girls in schools in 16 districts in two regions. She said the programme would also empower the most vulnerable adolescent girls through the provision of, and access to gender-responsive reproductive health education and youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services, including; family planning and contraception. He said participants also explored the possibility of engaging adolescent girls and boys through digital platforms which is now in vogue, especially among the youth.

Source: GhanaWeb June 03, 2021 12:11 UTC