Ghana is set to host African First Ladies at a conference on sexual health and rights from Wednesday to Friday, a statement has said.
At least 12 First Ladies are expected to attend the 7th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights, an event organised by Curious Minds, Ghana.
The theme of the conference is; Realising Demographic Dividend in Africa: the Critical Importance of Adolescents and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.
A statement released from the office of Ghana’s First Lady on Tuesday in Accra, said the three day conference was part of a long-term process of building and fostering regional dialogue on sexual and reproductive health and rights.
First Ladies expected at the conference are from Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, Chad, Sudan, Madagascar and Mozambique.
The message added that more than 500 participants representing various stakeholders and constituency groups across the African continent would also be attending the conference.
It said during the meeting, the first ladies would, under the umbrella of the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA), launch a united continental which would urge governments to prioritise and improve the provision of integrated HIV and sexual reproductive health services to adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19.
