Mr Godwin Kwao Korli, District Development Co-coordinator of Plan International Ghana, said this at a durbar held to commemorate the 2018 International Day of the Child at Ekumfi Twia in the Central Region.

The event was held under the theme: “Girls get equal opportunities to take- up leadership roles in society; facing major challenges due to Gender Inequality”.

It was attended by traditional leaders led by Nana Baah V, chief of Ekumfi Twia, school children from the Ekumfi District, assembly members, parents and officials from the Ekumfi Education Directorate.

Earlier in the Day, the school children, amidst brass band music and converged at the durbar ground after a procession through Ekumfi Twia township holding placards with inscriptions such as: ‘Educate your girl child’, ‘Bye laws protecting children should be enforced’, ‘Stop discrimination against your girl child’, ‘Use your limited resources to educate us’, ‘We are the asset of the nation and our welfare should be paramount’.

Also as part of activities towards the celebration, Miss Eunice Nanah, Child Ambassador for CPU, chaired a meeting with all the management members of the Service.

The meeting was held to discuss four thematic areas: Improving access to education, improving quality in teaching and learning, improving education management, and promoting learning of Science, Technology and Vocational Training in the district”.

A new campaign dubbed Girl Get Equal (GGE) was launched.

Mr Korli said to achieve ‘Girls Get Equal’, there is the need to create equal opportunities for girls acquire to knowledge, information and skills to assume leadership roles.

He said through the campaign, Plan International seeks to count 100 million girls globally by 2020 adding that over the years Plan International Ghana- Central Unit has been able to support 31 communities with football teams, 2,900 girls with school supplies, 210 girls have been given scholarship to SHS and 1,800 girls have been trained on gender transformative and leadership roles.

He said they have budgeted to support 20 more communities with football teams and 1,800 Girls with school supplies.

All these interventions have gone very far to affect the lives of so many adolescent girls in communities in the catchment area of plan International Ghana, he said.

Nana Baah V Chief of Ekumfi Twia, who chaired the programme, expressed her appreciation to Plan International Ghana for their continuous support in grooming the children.

She said parents are key stakeholders in the grooming of children and there is the need to use available resources to attain the stated goal.

She urged the children to concentrate on their education for them to become well-informed than indulge in immoral acts.