•
Amendment
of
the
Criminal
Code
to
criminalize
female
genital
mutilation
(FGM),
customary
or
ritual
enslavement
of
any
kind,
harmful
widowhood
practices,
and
defilement
to
cover
both
girls
and
boys;
•
Amendments
to
the
Intestate
Succession,
and
Marriage
and
Divorce
Registration
Laws
•
Passage
of
Labour
Law
with
provisions
for
granting
women
the
needed
period
during
and
after
child
birth,
equal
pay
for
equal
work
done.
Majority
of
Respondents
(52.9
percent)
were
unhappy
with
the
low
level
of
women
representation
in
Parliament
(Figure
26).
3.21
Protocol
to
the
African
Charter
on
Human
and
People’s
Rights
on
the
Rights
o
Women
Parliament
has
ratified
the
Protocol
to
the
African
Charter
on
Human
and
People’s
Rights
on
the
Rights
of
Women
Objective
8:
Promotion
and
Protection
of
the
Rights
of
Children
and
Young
Persons
3.21 Child
Prostitution
and
Child
Pornography
Ghana
is
yet
to
develop
a
comprehensive
plan
on
Commercial
Sexual
Exploitation
of
Children
(CSEC).
Stakeholders
and
television
footages
report
an
increase
in
the
number
of
girls
aged
between
12
and
16
engaged
in
prostitution.
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