Youth Blog

Girls urged to report sexual violations against them Ms Jamilla Ariori, Project Manager of Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC), has urged girls who are victims of rape and defilement to report such cases to the police for prompt action. She said victims should not to be discouraged by the refusal of some police personnel to prosecute the rich and the influential in the society who violates them. “But rather be courageous to report the case to more superior police officers or civil society organisations that are into human rights issues for urgent attention,” she said. Ms Ariori said there are good and duty conscious people in the Ghana Police Service who would not compromise their work for bribes from the powerful persons in the society but would hear their case and take the necessary action. The Project Manager was reacting to questions from pupils at a sensitisation forum on “Prevention and management of gender based violence in schools,” at New Abirem in th...

Kaneshie footbridge now a death trap THE KANESHIE footbridge is gradually warming itself to become a death trap and threat users as some part of it has spotted developing cracks that would soon put a burden on the nation if attention is not drawn to it. The IREPORTER findings can reveal that this situation is escalating as a result of the pressure that has been piled on the bridge by street hawkers who have outnumbered themselves and made it a wont to always sit there and sell their wares. What is worrying is that, these hawkers stay on the bridge supposed to be used in easing pedestrians’ access to cross the major roads and this attitude despite the Accra Metropolitan Assembly attempt to prevent them from selling on such places has proved futile. I took a stroll in the city specifically, Kaneshie and it was amazing, and there were human traffic over the footbridges as a result of hawkers selling their goods on the footbridges impeding the movement of pedes...

Baby pulled alive from Mumbai building wreckage A baby has been pulled alive from the wreckage of a five storey building that collapsed in India's financial capital of Mumbai this morning. Hundreds of onlookers cheered as rescuers brought the tiny child out of a tunnel in the rubble. Rescue workers are still trying to reach dozens of people who could be trapped in the debris of the residential building - some of whom can reportedly be heard calling for help. Up to 90 people are feared dead - with the bodies of three people having been recovered already. Twenty five people have been pulled alive from the rubble so far. The building, which is reportedly owned by Mumbai's municipal authority, is believed to home up to 22 families. It crumbled just after 6am near Dockyard Road in the city's south-east. Crowds have gathered near the rubble of the flattened building - with many people desperately waiting to hear news of loved ones. Dozens of firefighters...