Ntsin, a community embedded deep in the heart of Cape Coast, has all the typical characteristics of a coastal community, especially for those in Ghana.
However, this community, only steps away from the iconic Cape Coast Castle, is without basic social amenities like libraries and not a single school; a situation that has forced young girls, particularly, into a decades-long life of exploitation.
Titled ‘Sex for Fish,’ this GhanaWeb documentary explores the tight-lipped conversations about how teenage girls, in an attempt to survive, are lured into giving their young bodies out for things as simple as fish.
Perpetuated mainly by the older male fisherfolk in the Ntsin community, as well as some others from other adjoining areas, these teenage girls enter a life of early motherhood from what many believe is a failed system in protecting them.
“I was 13 years old when I gave birth… for a lot of us, we indulge in such practices because we cannot survive if we don’t do it,” one of the bold girls who came out to speak with GhanaWeb‘s Etsey Atisu said.
It is a harrowing tale of a constant problem that nobody seems to want to talk about, until now.
In this documentary, GhanaWeb explores the legalities, the failures of the system, and what the future should look like in correcting this recurrence, one that places innocent young girls at its very core.
Watch the full documentary below:
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