Accra, Nov. 7, GNA – The Ark Foundation Ghana has held a Sex for Jobs Conference to address sexual exploitation in workplaces and academic institutions, with a call for stronger accountability and protection for victims of abuse.
The conference, held under the theme, “Promoting Accountability and Protecting Those Who Have Suffered Abuse,” highlighted the need to eliminate sexual harassment and exploitation as conditions for securing employment or advancing professionally and academically.
Speaking at the event, Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang said nobody should be compelled to endure sexual harassment to gain employment or achieve academic and professional advancement.
She urged public and private institutions to establish clear standards of professional conduct, promote public education and build institutional cultures that rejected exploitation. The Vice President commended The Ark Foundation Ghana, for sustaining advocacy and protecting vulnerable persons.
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Nii Martey M. Botchway
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