The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, says the UK will continue to support initiatives that increase access to quality education and retention of girls in school across the country.

Such initiatives, she noted, make girls more confident, assertive and are far less likely to be subjected to sexual and gender-based violence.

As the world observes the 16 days of Activism Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, the British High Commissioner is urging parents and communities to do more for girls by investing in female education.

The High Commissioner was speaking in an interview with GBC News after interacting with CAMA members at Cheshei RC Primary School, in the Tamale Metropolis.

The UK government and other partners funded the CAMA program across ten thousand schools and reached ninety nine thousand girls across the country.

CAMA is the Association of girls who received scholarships under the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) programme.

The programme was launched in Ghana in 1998 and currently operates in 12 regions in Ghana. The UK government is one of the major sponsors of the programme and the British High Commissioner was impressed by the impact of the initiative

“To put an end to violence against women and girls, it is vital that, people get that quality of education,” she emphasised. Some of the CAMA members expressed gratitude to CAMFED and its partners for the opportunity given them.