Country Ghana
Year 2021
Type of Measure Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Brief Description


On Tuesday, 28th September 2021, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) through the Domestic Violence Secretariat (DVS) launched Ghana’s first ever ‘Domestic Violence Information Portal’. This move demonstrates MoGCSP’s commitment to provide a one-stop-shop database on Domestic/Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Child Marriage in Ghana.

The Domestic Violence Information Portal was developed by the Ministry of Gender in collaboration with UNFPA to provide and enhance data sharing amongst all stakeholders in the fight against Domestic/Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Child Marriage.

 

Source of Information

The Government of Ghana's submission for the 2022 Secretary General’s Report on the implementation of the General Assembly Resolutions on Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls

Domestic Violence Information Portal