Action Ambassador Ghana

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the practice that involves the complete removal or partial removal or alteration of the genital for non-medical reasons. It is one of the major negative cultural practices that violate the fundamental human rights of girls and women. It also has serious health implications for them. An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women in the world today have undergone some forms of FGM and two million are at risk of the practice each year. In Ghana, the practice of FGM is still quite widespread in the three Northern regions. Recent research findings undertaken by Action Aid Ghana, an NGO revealed that 50 per cent of Girls below 15 years in the Bawku Municipality had undergone FGM. To this end, Action aid together with another NGO, Buwda are holding seminars in the Bawku municipality on the findings. Coordinator of Buwda in the Bawku municipality, Abubakari Shaibu in an interview with Radio XYZ’s Upper East regional Correspondent Musa...