2.24.1 Child Prostitution Whilst the country does not have a specific law on child prostitution, some aspects of the Children’s Act, 560 prohibit children from engaging in prostitution/sex work. Stakeholders bemoan the lack of rehabilitation mechanism for child prostitutes rescued from the streets. 2.24.2 Defilement The Children’s Act, 1998 prohibits defilement, incest, and sexual abuse of minors but such abuses are reported on a regular basis. During the year, the police reported 1,800 cases of defilement. There were also reported cases of family members and teachers raping or having carnal knowledge of girls. 2.24.3 Child Labour According to the Department of Social Welfare, in 2011 there was an estimated 54,000 street children in Accra alone. The department’s rehabilitation programme is seriously underfunded. The efforts to address the problem of child labour in cocoa farms recorded some successes. The programme has removed some 12,000 children from cocoa farms and enrolled them in schools. 2.24.4 Juvenile Justice Even though a Juvenile Justice Act, 2003 had been passed, institutional and administrative arrangements that would make for enforcement are still largely lacking. Juveniles are routinely remanded in prisons with adults especially in districts where there are no juvenile remand facilities. Sixth Annual APRM Progress Report: January – December 2011 38