are fuelling teenage pregnancies in the Kumasi Metropolis, Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kwaku Amoako, Ashanti Regional
Coordinator of the Police Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit
(DOVVSU), has said.
The Unit between last December and February, this year, recorded
42 cases of child pregnancy resulting from these crimes.
DSP Amoako was speaking at a day’s training workshop on domestic
violence reporting held for a section of the media in Kumasi on
Friday.
It was organized by the Coalition on Domestic Violence
Legislation in Ghana, a civil society organization, under the theme:
“Enhancing the capacity of frontline media personnel in responding to
gender based violence.”
DSP Amoako said the situation should be a source of worry to
society since child pregnancy could lead to criminal abortion with
serious health implications.
Added to this is the abrupt end to their education.
He said it was important parents provided adequate protection
and security for their children.
He suggested a Fund be set up to help victims to seek medical care.
Mrs Afia Serwaah Asare-Botwe, a Principal State Attorney, urged
the media to be ethical and to be more sensitive, especially when
reporting on defilement and rape cases.
She said the media should assist victims to make formal report
to the police to bring offenders to justice.
Mr Adolf Awuku-Bekoe, Project Coordinator for the NGO, urged
victims of domestic violence not to keep their ordeal to themselves
and suffer the pain, but rather they should have the courage to report
to the law enforcement agencies.
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