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Data for Gender-Based Violence Advocacy Workshop

Princess Ndom
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December 13, 2019December 13, 2019

Visuals for Gender, in partnership with the U.S Embassy Ghana, is undertaking a project called “Data for Gender-Based Violence Advocacy”. This project is aimed at: 1. Using data to advocate against gender-based violence. 2. Training representatives of Civil Society Organizations/Non-Governmental… Read More »

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Talk –School Outreach

Princess Ndom
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December 2, 2019December 2, 2019

As part of our school outreach program, we reached out to female students from some selected schools in the La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly. The focus of the workshop was to enlighten female students in Junior High School about their… Read More »

16 Days of Activism and Launch of ‘ Data for Gender-Based Violence Advocacy’ Project

Princess Ndom
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November 26, 2019December 2, 2019

The 16 Days of Activism is an annual and international campaign against gender-based violence. The campaign starts on 25th November which marks the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) and continues to 10th December which is… Read More »

Rape and Defilement Cases recorded in LaNMA. (2015-2018)

Princess Ndom
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November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

Gender-based violence has been a prevalent problem in many countries globally for several years. Women and girls form the majority of victims of gender-based violence. According to the United Nation’s Population Fund, 1 in 3 women have experienced physical or… Read More »

US Embassy talk with girls

Princess Ndom
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October 23, 2019October 29, 2019

One of our primary goals is to empower young girls and educate them on their sexuality and the reality of sexual violence. On the 22nd of October, 2019, the US Embassy in partnership with Visuals for Gender organized a talk… Read More »

School outreach: Ancilla Preparatory and Junior High

Princess Ndom
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October 21, 2019October 29, 2019

Visuals for Gender reached out to some female students in Junior High School, of the Ancilla Preparatory School on the 18th of October 2019. The purpose of the visit was to give a talk to these young ones about their… Read More »

Male sexual abuse: a victim’s story

Princess Ndom
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June 12, 2019October 20, 2019

As part of our 2-week camapign on male sexual abuse which ended a week ago, we asked male victims of sexual abuse to share their experience with us. We were able to get five male victims who were open to… Read More »

The reality of male sexual abuse

Princess Ndom
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June 6, 2019October 20, 2019

In previous posts, we have used data from the Domestic Violence and Victims’ Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service to make the point that men are often the perpetrators of sexual abuse in Ghana. This is a fact that… Read More »

An interactive visualization of reported defilement cases in Ghana (2016-2017)

Princess Ndom
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May 9, 2019October 20, 2019

Gender-based violence is one of the highly reported criminal cases in Ghana. According to the annual crime statistics (2017) from the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service, it was reported that Rape and Defilement formed part of the… Read More »

Indecent Assault

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May 3, 2019October 20, 2019

Indecent assault, also known as groping is the most common forms of sexual assault worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) published in an article in 2017 that globally, about 1 in 3 (35%) of women have experienced either physical and/or… Read More »