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2006 Ghanaian Women's Courage Awards (Canada)

 

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WILDAF organises workshop on consensual unions in Takoradi.

Takoradi, Nov. 27, GNA-A two-day workshop on Leadership and Human Rights for Partners in Consensual Unions has opened in Takoradi with a call on people in consensual relationship to properly get married to enable them enjoy the protection under the country's marital laws.


Making the call at the workshop over the weekend, Miss Ama Kpetigo, a Legal officer of the Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) said consensual unions are not recognised by the country's marital laws.


The workshop was jointly organised by the (WILDAF) and the Rights and Voices Initiative (RAVI) for 20 women in consensual unions.


She said people in such relationships cannot claim properties when their partner dies or the union breaks up, and for this reason, they should not register their own properties in the name of their partners.
Miss Kpetigo said the workshop was to sensitise the participants about their rights as women, laws on marriage, interstate succession law, domestic violence and the legal implication of their relationships.
She said some examples of consensual unions are "mpena twi", having a concubine, forced marriages and betrothals.


Miss Kpetigo said a survey carried out by WILDAF in the Western Region revealed that about 50 per cent of consensual relationships are not formalised because of breach of promise to marry, expensive marriage ceremonies while some females realised too late that their partners were already married.


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Accra Governance Dialogue opens

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