The Deputy Commissioner of CHRAJ, Madam Mercy Larbi, has advised Chiefs to avoid solving issue’s relating to criminal offenses, such as Sexual, Gender-Based violence cases, at their Palace (Ahenfie) within the communities, even though she commended their efforts of being helpful to the society, they should rather refers sexual, gender-based violence cases to the Police for a proper punishment to be implemented to enable it serve as a deterrence to other.

She made this pronouncement at a stakeholders meeting, organized by an advocacy group on gender equality, that promotes human rights through data-driven digital technologies and capacity development called INVICTUS AFRICA in partnership with Sister civic organization BUDGIT GHANA with the support of FORD FOUNDATION on a WOMANITY INDEX GHANA with THEME :
METHODOLOGY and VALIDATION REVIEW on the State of Gender-Based Violence, Presentation and Response.

= CUE IN = Deputy Madam Mercy Larbi, Deputy Commissioner of CHRAJ

On her part, the Country Lead Manager of “BUDGIT GHANA” Miss Jennifer Addo-choe Moffatt, emphasized, the womanity index will aid accountability by duty bearers and provide the relevant data and evidence needed by citizens to track implementation and advocate for effective GBV prevention and response and according to her the research will focused on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) issues on prevention and response based Laws and Policies, Access to Legal Justice, Support Services, Information and Awareness, as well as Budget and Expenditure.

= CUE IN = Miss Jennifer Addo-choe Moffatt, – Country Lead Manager of BUDGIT GHANA.

In furtherance, the CEO of INVICTUS AFRICA, Madam Bukky Shoni-bare, also explained that, the Womanity Index is an assessment and ranking of governments performance on gender based equality, that compasses five domains: Gender-Based Violence, Women’s Health, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Women’s Political Representation, and Educational Parity, stressing, the organization is not only going to gather data but look at the humanitarian angles to the problem and will therefore helps provide the baseline for that, to happen effectively and efficiently on gender-based violence.

= CUE IN = Madam Bukky Shoni-bare, – CEO of INVICTUS AFRICA.