Adaklu: The Adaklu District office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) engaged drivers, boys, and men at the Adaklu station in Ho on crucial topics such as adolescent reproductive health issues, gender-based violence, and gender equality.
According to Ghana News Agency, the engagement was funded by Global Affairs, Canada and implemented by NCCE in collaboration with UNFPA. Miss Yvonne M. Awlavi, an official of the NCCE office, highlighted that the primary objective of the engagement was to empower boys and men concerning adolescent health, gender equality, and the prevention of gender-based violence through civic engagement.
Miss Awlavi emphasized that Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) are a significant development concern in Ghana, affecting the reproductive life of adolescents disproportionately. She noted that in 2025, similar interventions were conducted across selected districts through stakeholder engagements, visits to identifiable groups, including adolescent boys and girls and men's groups.
She revealed that these activities had contributed to improved awareness of adolescent issues, strengthened community dialogue on GBV, and enhanced engagement with both duty bearers and community members. Despite these accomplishments, Miss Awlavi pointed out that gaps remain in the coverage, intensity, and consolidation of behavioral change, particularly in reaching new and underserved communities.
Miss Awlavi noted the need to scale up and continue these engagements to reinforce key messages, extend outreach to additional communities, and strengthen institutional and community systems for sustained impact. In response to these needs, NCCE plans to implement a scaled-up and consolidated set of activities across all 22 operational districts in four regions of the country this year.
She called for deepening community engagement, adding that through targeted engagements and coordinated efforts, the program aims to contribute to building safer and more supportive communities. Miss Awlavi also mentioned that markets and lorry stations are high-traffic public spaces that provide strategic opportunities to reach diverse groups with civic education messages on adolescent health, SRHR, and GBV prevention.