{"id":340962,"date":"2011-03-26T20:02:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T20:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/26\/ashanti-dovvsu-seeing-more-cases-of-teenage-pregnancies\/"},"modified":"2011-03-26T20:02:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T20:02:48","slug":"ashanti-dovvsu-seeing-more-cases-of-teenage-pregnancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/ashanti-dovvsu-seeing-more-cases-of-teenage-pregnancies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashanti DOVVSU seeing more cases of teenage pregnancies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Growing cases of incest, defilement and rape<br \/>are fuelling teenage pregnancies in the Kumasi Metropolis, Deputy<br \/>Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kwaku Amoako, Ashanti Regional<br \/>Coordinator of the Police Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit<br \/>(DOVVSU), has said.<\/p>\n<p>The Unit between last December and February, this year, recorded<br \/>42 cases of child pregnancy resulting from these crimes.<br \/>DSP Amoako was speaking at a day\u2019s training workshop on domestic<br \/>violence reporting held for a section of the media in Kumasi on<br \/>Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It was organized by the Coalition on Domestic Violence<br \/>Legislation in Ghana, a civil society organization, under the theme:<br \/>\u201cEnhancing the capacity of frontline media personnel in responding to<br \/>gender based violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DSP Amoako said the situation should be a source of worry to<br \/>society since child pregnancy could lead to criminal abortion with<br \/>serious health implications.<\/p>\n<p>Added to this is the abrupt end to their education.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was important parents provided adequate protection<br \/>and security for their children.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested a Fund be set up to help victims to seek medical care.<br \/>Mrs Afia Serwaah Asare-Botwe, a Principal State Attorney, urged<br \/>the media to be ethical and to be more sensitive, especially when<br \/>reporting on defilement and rape cases.<\/p>\n<p>She said the media should assist victims to make formal report<br \/>to the police to bring offenders to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Adolf Awuku-Bekoe, Project Coordinator for the NGO, urged<br \/>victims of domestic violence not to keep their ordeal to themselves<br \/>and suffer the pain, but rather they should have the courage to report<br \/>to the law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1593-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Growing cases of incest, defilement and rape 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\u2019s training workshop on domestic violence reporting held for a section of the media in Kumasi on Friday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ashanti DOVVSU seeing more cases of teenage pregnancies - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/ashanti-dovvsu-seeing-more-cases-of-teenage-pregnancies\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ashanti DOVVSU seeing more cases of teenage pregnancies - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Growing cases of incest, defilement and rape 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. 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