Youth SpeakUp, Idea Platform to Discuss Violence Against Women in Ghana with the hashtag #ysugh.

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Under Ghana’s constitution, both women and men have equal status under the law. Despite these constitutional and legal guarantees, women still play subservient roles to men. Under our customary systems, women are expected to give precedence to men in all things, with the men taking all decision affecting the family.

This position of being the subservient partner has created a situation where Ghanaian women are equated to children. In addition, women are often considered to be the property of their fathers and husbands. This control by men over women has meant that many women have accepted the situation allows men to “punish” them for alleged disobedience.



Youth Speak Up is calling on change makers across the global to join the online chat with the hashtag #ysugh. 
The chat on will be on the topic 'Violence Against Women in Ghana, The Causes and Solutions.' Happening tomorrow Friday 25th August 2016 at 4:00pm. Youth Speak Up Event is to develop competencies of youth reporters to support active citizenship and engagement of young people in communities 

Youth SpeakUp has designed and created a The idea platform. The idea platform  sets up challenges to users, on how to solve issues identified in the local community. The users then propose ideas to these challenges. The best suggestions are picked for media attention. Hopin Academy will be hosting Youth Speak Up Event  
Hopin Academy currently have designed 8 events to take place from August till November this year. Two events each month, each event would have a topic to be discussed on.  These discussions will be done on its social media platforms

Violence is a threat to all women in our society. For too long it has been kept silent. Many believe that violence at home is a “family affair” and should be dealt with inside the home Too often we turn our heads when we know that a woman is being abused. That silence is as dangerous as the abuse itself. By ignoring violence, we are putting every woman we know at risk. Violence against women affects every woman from time they are infants until they are elderly. It affects our daughters. Our mothers, our sisters and our friends. Violence is a threat not only to women, but affects society as a whole.

Source; Violence Against Women in Ghana 

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