Empower young girls on sexual rights to make informed decisions – PPAG
Stakeholders in the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) space say empowering girls and young women on their sexual rights will enable them to make informed decisions to improve their lives.
Mr Gideon Leckson Leckey, the President, Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), said most young girls often lacked information on their sexual and reproductive health, coupled with their inability to meet their financial needs, making them vulnerable to exploitation.
“Recently, there is a study that indicated that a lot of young girls, especially in the Ashanti Region, have multiple sexual partners. If you dive deep into some of these issues, you will realise that most of them do not have education on how to protect themselves and do not have that empowerment to...