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GIVING VOICE TO THE VOICELESS IN THE WORLD OF SEVEN BILLION
SWAA Ghana in Collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the National Population Council (NPC) organized a dialogue session with a group of vulnerable women and girls - head porters known as "kayaye" in the Agbogbloshie market in Accra on the 12 October 2011.
Kayaye is a phenomenon of women and girls aged between 10 and 35 years mostly uneducated migrating mainly from the north of Ghana to market centres in Accra and other urban centres to participate in the Kaya enterprise where they engage themselves with menial jobs such as head porter services as a means of generating income. Many of these women and girls have migrated in search of better opportunities of livelihood while others also escaped with friends from ethnic conflicts
Ms. Nanacy Ansah, the president of SWAA Ghana said the world at 7 billion includes everyone hence the need to sensitise the different segments of the population on the 7 Billion campaign. She said SWAA Ghana will continue to advocate for the rights of the vulnerable in society to be upheld as well as continue to build the confidence of the Kayayo so as to empower them to say no to any form of abuse, particularly sexual abuse.
The Acting Director of the Department of Children at the Ministry of Women and Childrens Affair (MOWAC), Ms. Mariama Yayah said the only way to make life meaningful in a world of seven billion is to be empowered through education. She encouraged the Kayayo to take up literacy classes as well as ensure that their children are sent to school.
Mr. Mohammed Salifu, the President of Kayayo Youth Association in the Agbogbloshie market said, to enable the girls and women to go about their daily activities without so much worry of where to keep their children, they have put up a "school" where all the children, regardless of their age are kept for proper supervision whiles their mothers go about their normal duties for the day. He appealed to the Government for a hospital in the market to cater for their health needs.
The UNFPA Representative in Ghana, Dr Bernard Coquelin said UNFPA is committed to the advancement of human rights and all individuals are entitled to equal rights and protection. He said a strong emphasis on the rights of individual women and men underpins the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) which moved population policy and programmes from a focus on numbers to a focus on individual human lives. He was particularly glad that the media network on population and development - MCAN also joined the dialogue platform to get the voice of the voiceless heard so that in a world of 7 billion, everyone can exercise their rights which go with responsibilities, particularly reproductive rights and responsibilities to make the world a better place for all.
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SWAA Ghana in Collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the National Population Council (NPC) organized a dialogue session with a group of vulnerable women and girls - head porters known as "kayaye" in the Agbogbloshie market in Accra on the 12 October 2011.
Kayaye is a phenomenon of women and girls aged between 10 and 35 years mostly uneducated migrating mainly from the north of Ghana to market centres in Accra and other urban centres to participate in the Kaya enterprise where they engage themselves with menial jobs such as head porter services as a means of generating income. Many of these women and girls have migrated in search of better opportunities of livelihood while others also escaped with friends from ethnic conflicts
Ms. Nanacy Ansah, the president of SWAA Ghana said the world at 7 billion includes everyone hence the need to sensitise the different segments of the population on the 7 Billion campaign. She said SWAA Ghana will continue to advocate for the rights of the vulnerable in society to be upheld as well as continue to build the confidence of the Kayayo so as to empower them to say no to any form of abuse, particularly sexual abuse.
The Acting Director of the Department of Children at the Ministry of Women and Childrens Affair (MOWAC), Ms. Mariama Yayah said the only way to make life meaningful in a world of seven billion is to be empowered through education. She encouraged the Kayayo to take up literacy classes as well as ensure that their children are sent to school.
Mr. Mohammed Salifu, the President of Kayayo Youth Association in the Agbogbloshie market said, to enable the girls and women to go about their daily activities without so much worry of where to keep their children, they have put up a "school" where all the children, regardless of their age are kept for proper supervision whiles their mothers go about their normal duties for the day. He appealed to the Government for a hospital in the market to cater for their health needs.
The UNFPA Representative in Ghana, Dr Bernard Coquelin said UNFPA is committed to the advancement of human rights and all individuals are entitled to equal rights and protection. He said a strong emphasis on the rights of individual women and men underpins the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) which moved population policy and programmes from a focus on numbers to a focus on individual human lives. He was particularly glad that the media network on population and development - MCAN also joined the dialogue platform to get the voice of the voiceless heard so that in a world of 7 billion, everyone can exercise their rights which go with responsibilities, particularly reproductive rights and responsibilities to make the world a better place for all.
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