dipo rites

Due to a scarcity of virgins, mothers in charge of Dipo (puberty rites) at Dodowa in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region have been obliged to allow non-virgins to participate in the rites. According to the mothers, it is getting increasingly difficult to find virgin adolescent girls. As a result, the age-old practice has been adjusted to accommodate non-virgins. Girls who have had abortions, given birth, or carried pregnancies, on the other hand, are still barred from participating in the rites. According to them, many females were now sexually active, leaving them with little alternative but to…