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Radio Campaigns on Child Labor and Trafficking SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PROJECT (SFMP) Radio Campaigns on Child Labor and Trafficking SEPTEMBER, 2017 This publication is available electronically in the following locations: The Coastal Resources Center http://www.crc.uri.edu/projects_page/ghanasfmp/ Ghanalinks.org https://ghanalinks.org/elibrary search term: SFMP USAID Development Clearing House https://dec.usaid.gov/dec/content/search.aspx search term: Ghana SFMP For more information on the Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project, contact: USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project Coastal Resources Center Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island 220 South Ferry Rd. Narragansett, RI 02882 USA Tel: 401-874-6224 Fax: 401-874-6920 Email: [email protected] Citation: Friends of the Nation. (2017). Radio Campaign on Child Labor and Trafficking. The USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP). Narragansett, RI: Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island and Friends of the Nation. GH2014_COM049_FoN. 36 pp. Authority/Disclaimer: Prepared for USAID/Ghana under Cooperative Agreement (AID-641-A-15-00001), awarded on October 22, 2014 to the University of Rhode Island, and entitled the USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP). This document is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The views expressed and opinions contained in this report are those of the SFMP team and are not intended as statements of policy of either USAID or the cooperating organizations. As such, the contents of this report are the sole responsibility of the SFMP team and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Cover photo: Ms. Grace Mensah (Coastal FM, Mankessim) i Detailed Partner Contact Information: USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP) 10 Obodai St., Mempeasem, East Legon, Accra, Ghana Telephone: +233 0302 542497 Fax: +233 0302 542498 Raymond Babanawo Chief of Party Email: [email protected] Enoch Appiah Deputy Chief of Party Email: [email protected] Kofi Agbogah Senior Fisheries Advisor Email: [email protected] Perfectual Labik Communications Officer Email: [email protected] Mary Asare M&E Officer Email: [email protected] Brian Crawford Project Manager, CRC Email: [email protected] Ellis Ekekpi USAID AOR Email: [email protected] Hen Mpoano 38 J. Cross Cole St. Windy Ridge Resonance Global Takoradi, Ghana (Formerly SSG Advisors) +233 312 020 701 182 Main Street Kofi.Agbogah Burlington, VT 05401 [email protected] +1 (802) 735-1162 Stephen Kankam Thomas Buck [email protected] [email protected] SNV Netherlands Development CEWEFIA Organisation B342 Bronyibima Estate #161, 10 Maseru Road, Elmina, Ghana E. Legon, Accra, Ghana +233 024 427 8377 +233 30 701 2440 Victoria C. Koomson Andre de Jager [email protected] [email protected] Development Action Association (DAA) Friends of the Nation Darkuman Junction, Kaneshie Odokor Parks and Gardens Highway Adiembra-Sekondi, Ghana Accra, Ghana +233 312 046 180 +233 302 315894 Donkris Mevuta Lydia Sasu Kyei Yamoah [email protected] [email protected] For additional information on partner activities: CEWEFIA: http://cewefia.weebly.com/ CRC/URI: http://www.crc.uri.edu DAA: http://womenthrive.org/development-action-association-daa Friends of the Nation: http://www.fonghana.org Hen Mpoano: http://www.henmpoano.org Resonance Global: https://resonanceglobal.com/ SNV: http://www.snvworld.org/en/countries/ghana ii ACRONYMS AHTU Anti-Human Trafficking Unit CEWEFIA Central and Western Region Fishmongers Improvement Association CLaT Child Labor and Trafficking DAA Development Action Association DCPC District Child Protection Committee DOVVSU Domestic Violence Support Unit DSW Department of Social Welfare FoN Friends of the Nation FtF Feed the Future GES Ghana Education Service GHS Ghana Health Service GIS Ghana Immigration Service GPS Ghana Police Service ICFG Integrated Coastal and Fisheries Governance MCPC Metropolitan/Municipal Child Protection Committee NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations SFMP Sustainable Fisheries Management Project SNV Netherlands Development Organization URI University of Rhode Island USAID United States Agency for International Development iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................... iii TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................... iv LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................... v LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................... v 1. FORWARD........................................................................................................................ 1 2. OBJECTIVE ...................................................................................................................... 3 Key Outputs of the Radio Programs ...................................................................................... 3 3. STANDARD INFORMATION DISSEMINATED DURING SESSIONS ...................... 4 4. LIST OF PARTICIPANT-RESOURCE PERSONS, VENUES & DATES ..................... 7 5. OVERVIEW OF CHILD LABOR AND TRAFFICKING .............................................. 9 5.1 Methodology ............................................................................................................... 9 6. IMPLICATIONS OF CLaT ON THE VICTIM, FAMILY, SOCIETY AND NATION 12 6.1 The victim/survivor (individual) .................................................................................... 12 6.2 The family ...................................................................................................................... 12 6.3 The community and the nation ...................................................................................... 12 7. QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE LISTENING PUBLIC ........................ 14 7.1 What Ghanaian law says about CLaT? .......................................................................... 14 The Children's Act (1998) ................................................................................................ 14 The Human Trafficking Act (694) 2005 .......................................................................... 14 Prohibition of trafficking ................................................................................................. 15 8. MANDATE AND WORK OF STATE AGENCIES COMBATING CLaT ................... 16 8.1 Summary of Department of Social Welfare’s Work...................................................... 16 Key Roles of Social Worker – ......................................................................................... 16 The Department’s role in combatting CLaT .................................................................... 16 8.2 Role of Ghana Immigration Service In Combatting CLaT ............................................ 17 Anti-Human Trafficking Laws ........................................................................................ 18 The Act............................................................................................................................. 18 The means of trafficking .................................................................................................. 18 The purpose of trafficking ............................................................................................... 18 8.3 The Role of the Ghana Police Service in Combating CLaT ..................................... 19 8.4 The Role of Ghana Health Service in Combating CLAT .............................................. 20 Accessing Birth Control Services .................................................................................... 20 Teenage pregnancy .......................................................................................................... 23 8.5 The Role of the Ghana Education Service in Combating CLaT .................................... 24 9. CONCERNS FROM THE LISTENING PUBLIC .......................................................... 25 iv 9.1 The law and CLaT ......................................................................................................... 25 9.2 Expatiation on CLaT in fisheries ................................................................................... 25 9.3 Consequences of CLaT .................................................................................................. 26 10. CONCLUSION: Impact of the programs ..................................................................... 27 Numbers reached ............................................................................................................. 27 Communities and stakeholders response ......................................................................... 27 Building bridges ............................................................................................................... 27 Socio-economic awareness creation ................................................................................ 27 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Panelists on Coastal FM in Mankessim.................................................................... 10 Figure 2. Panelists on Radio Peace in Winneba .....................................................................
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