{
  "id": 10043261,
  "title": "Ghana, UNICEF strengthen partnership to advance child protection",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/ghana-unicef-strengthen-partnership-to-advance-child-protection",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T18:49:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/ghana-unicef-strengthen-partnership-to-advance-child-protection/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ghana and UNICEF have pledged to deepen their partnership to safeguard children and empower adolescent girls across the nation. During a private meeting in New York, the Ghanaian Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, discussed this strengthened collaboration with top UNICEF officials on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly. The conversation centered on tackling critical issues impacting children and adolescents, such as child marriage, adolescent pregnancy, birth registration, and protection of vulnerable girls.\n\nThey also brainstormed methods to enhance birth registration systems to better identify vulnerable children, improve access to protective services, and deter child marriage. The duo examined how a robust birth registration system could identify at-risk children, enhance access to critical services, and aid in preventing child marriage.\n\nAnother key topic was the Livelihood Empowerment and Productive Inclusion Programme (LEPIP), a collaborative effort between the Government of Ghana and UNICEF aimed at supporting out-of-school, vulnerable, and at-risk adolescent girls and young mothers aged 16 to 21. This initiative integrates social protection, financial inclusion, life skills, access to essential services, and livelihood support to help participants move from skill-building to sustainable income generation.\n\nDr Lartey and the UNICEF team also deliberated on enhancing Ghana's social protection systems, with a focus on strategies for identifying and aiding vulnerable households, including those with pregnant women.",
  "summary": "Ghana and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening collaboration to protect children and empower adolescent girls across the country.",
  "key_points": [
    "Ghana and UNICEF deepen partnership to protect children and empower girls.",
    "Meeting in New York focuses on child marriage, pregnancy, birth registration.",
    "LEPIP program supports vulnerable adolescent girls and young mothers."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}