A report by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs has indicated that a total of 735 cases of domestic violence were recorded nationwide between 2002 and 2009.
Child abuse and sexual abuse were found to be 243 cases, 155 cases for the same period respectively.
Opening the first ever International Women Fair in Accra on Friday, Mrs Juliana Azumah-Mensah, the Minister of Women and Children Affairs expressed government's commitment to combat all forms of abuses that militate against
the wellbeing of women and children.
She said "It's in this connection that my Ministry exist to ensure that there are policies in places to promote gender mainstreaming across all sectors of the economy, which will ultimately lead to gender equality and women empowerment".
The fair aims at bridging the gap that existed between two men and women in terms of socio economic development. It is also to offer the platform for women to showcase their works achievements.
Mrs Azumah-Mensah praised government for the introduction of a Gender Responsive Budgeting in all the Ministries, Department and Agencies aimed at ensuring that developmental programmes and interventions benefited all equally.
She called for inclusion of both sexes in decision making saying it was one means to realize real socio-economic development.
Mrs Azumah-Mensah appealed to women in rural areas to take advantage of her Ministry's micro-credit scheme soon to be established for small and medium scale businesses.
She expressed the hope that the fair would be an eye-opener about things women were doing that had not come to the limelight so that such
women could be given the needed assistance.
Mr Yaw Asamoah, Chief Executive Officer of Creative Trends, a marketing, advertising, event management and tourism firm that organised the launch, stressed the need for females to be included in decision making at all times.
He said the three-day fair would also include health care screening, the delivering of varying services to the public, counseling sessions and the exhibition of wares by corporate bodies.
Mrs Elizabeth Joyce Villars, Chief Executive officer of Camelot, a security printing firm, urged women not to become daunted by the challenges that they might face in the pursuance of their dreams.
"We were created with resilience and should not see ourselves as weaker vessels because it is not so," she advised.
Mrs Villars, who is also the former President of the Association of Ghana Industries, called on women to seek the needed knowledge and advice in the running of their business.
She added that these days, running of businesses, required adequate skills, knowledge and application.