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UN rights expert on violence against
women to visit Ghana
Accra, July 6, Ghanadot/GNA - Prof. Yakin Ertürk, the
Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights
Council on violence against women, its causes and
consequences, begins an official visit to Ghana on Saturday.
During the visit, the Special Rapporteur will meet with
Government authorities, civil society representatives,
United Nations officials and individual victims of violence
against women, a statement issued in Accra by the United
Nations Development Programme in Accra said.
It said Prof. Ertürk planned to visit the Greater Accra,
Northern Region and Volta regions to gather first-hand
information on the question of violence against women in the
country.
"The mission will focus on domestic violence and other
social and cultural practices that are violent towards women
and is meant to assist Government and civil society partner
in their efforts to address these human rights concerns," it
said.
It said based on information received during the visit,
Prof. Ertürk would present a report to the United Nations
Human Rights Council containing her findings and
recommendations.
Ms. Ertürk, Professor of Sociology at Middle East Technical
University in Ankara, Turkey, was appointed Special
Rapporteur in 2003.
GNA
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