The Parliamentary Committee on Gender and Children, with support from STAR Ghana Foundation, is visiting some selected schools in five (5) regions of the country as part of the Committee’s oversight responsibility.

The Committee has the responsibility of examining all matters relating to gender and children to ensure that issues concerning gender and children are included in all appropriate legislation. It also considers proposals meant to enhance the pursuit of affirmative action and reports to the House of Parliament. Members of the committee receive feedback, first hand, about the perceptions people have of the effectiveness of government programmes such as the Free Senior High School, School Feeding Program and the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP).

The Committee is scheduled to visit selected schools in five regions of Ghana – Western, Central, Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta Regions from Monday 4th November to Friday 8th December 2019. The Committee will also interact with key stakeholders such as Teachers, Students, Traditional Authorities, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the Media, relevant Heads of Departments at the respective Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies within the regions to inquire of the status of implementation of government policies and take feedback.

STAR Ghana in June 2017 signed a partnership framework with the Parliament of Ghana to help deepen and consolidate democratic governance in Ghana. The partnership with Parliament aims at helping to enhance Parliament’s effectiveness in discharging its constitutional mandate.