Power imbalances fuel sexual abuse in Ghanaian schools
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Starrfm
Richmond Coleman, president of the Ghana Psychologists Association, says power imbalances and cultural silence encourage sexual abuse in schools. He called on Ghana’s education service to improve data collection to assess the scale of the phenomenon after the head of an Obuasi technical high school was suspended, according to Starr News.
In Ghana, power imbalances between teachers and pupils, along with certain cultural norms, encourage sexual abuse in schools, says Dr Richmond Coleman, president of the Ghana Psychologists Association, quoted by Starr News. He called for improved data collection to measure the scale of the phenomenon.
His remarks came after the head of Obuasi Senior High Technical School, Zakaria Abdulai, was suspended over allegations of sexual misconduct involving pupils. Dr Coleman said the situation was worrying and warned that the number of cases could be higher than the number known.
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