Young Urban Movement Celebrates International Girl Child Day with the Call on Government the Human Rights of Girls.

The Young Urban Movement, a Non-governmental organization (NGO) together with the Female Platform under ActionAid has celebrated this year's International Girl Child Day with a call on the government and all citizens to protect the fundamental human right of the girl child.

The theme for the International Girl Child Day celebration is "Our Time is Now, Our Right and Our Future. 

International Girl Child Day is celebrated to provide a platform for the global community to understand the challenges girls faced with education, physical and mental challenges, and violence against women.

Ms. Kuubrah Yakubu, the leader of the Young Urban Movement in her speech stated that, as a woman and activist group, they have joined their counterparts across the world to stand and protect young girls on their fundamental human rights. 

According to her, they are using international girl child day to call on the government and all citizens to uphold the fundamental right of all girls and women through an increase in investment in girl child education.

She added that women should be empowered with vocational skills and the provision of startup tools to promote decent work, preventing and protecting girls from all forms of violence and discrimination against girls.

Kwame Afram Denkyirah the Program Manager of ActionAid also stated that Article 28 of the 1992 constitution included the provision of violence against girls and women to protect all women and girls in the country.

He said every child has the right to be protected from work that constitutes a threat to her education because a child should not be subjected to torture and any kind of abuse.

He added that as a country, we need to reflect on how we have kept the promise in the constitution and ActionAid Ghana has joined other organizations to call on the government and all stakeholders not to tolerate child marriage in the country.

Story by Opamago Paparichy.