Young Peoples and Human Rights Ghana

The plight of the deprived rural child especially, those in the remotest part of the country cannot be matched with that in the city. It is sad to note that in these modern times where every school going age child is exposed to fast technological practices, most of such children are far from reaching such target. Taking into account their state, the village child is disadvantaged in all aspects; compared to the city child. While the city child attends school and at his leisure time plays games on computer or stays at home for further studies, that of the village has to work hard alongside the elderly either on the farm or other households activities. The children in the above photograph were captured when they were returning from a stream where, according to them, they had been hired by an elderly person to fetch water for money. A practice according to them they do occasionally at the expense of school hours at their disadvantage. The children, aged between five and 12 years were spot

Mrs. Georgina Mensah of the Osu Correctional Home, has advised parents to educate their children on sex-related issues so as to broaden their knowledge, on the subject. She said failure by parents in educating their children on such aspect paved way for them to get information from their peers and other sources which did not augur well for their development. “As parents, there is the need to protect the rights of our children to help them become good citizens of our beloved country,” she added. Mrs. Mensah gave the advice at the Ga Presbytery Minister’s Spouse’s Conference in Accra. The symposium, which was on the theme, ‘The neglected child dysfunctional families and the effect on the child, “seeks to educate parents on the rights of children in the country. “It is the duty of every parent to teach its children about sexual behaviour to know what is permitted of them,” she added. She urged parents to use dialogue to address deviant behaviour among children. ASP Freeman Tettey, Public