“My headache of always working on people’s farms to raise money to buy pad will be a thing of the past now. I can always go to school and study without the depression I go through during that time of the month”, these were the words of 15-year-old Victoria Amewu of Tafi Mador Basic School...

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has implored parents to strengthen their relationship with girl-children for proper upbringing and development. According to Mrs Freda Prempeh, the Deputy Sector Minister, until parents remained closer to effectively monitor movements of their adolescent girl-children, the latter would continue to fall prey to peer group influences, which...