Gender Issues

MONROVIA – Four ANC women, Dr. Francien Chenoweth Richardson, Amanda Wright, Ysyndi Martin Kpeyei, and Elouise Page, are in Liberia for the next few weeks to partner with ANC women to conduct civics education in various communities in…
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Capitol Hill, Monrovia – It was a show of women’s solidarity and leadership celebration at the event marking the induction ceremony of the new officials of the Women’s Legislative Caucus at the Rotunda of the Capitol.
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MONROVIA -- In February this 2022, a big announcement came from the Capitol Building. Liberia’s House of Representatives finally passed amendments to existing elections law – to allow firm commitment from political parties and the…
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Presenting the petition to the House of Representatives, Ms. Perkins said the lack of a sanitary pad is a ‘bleeding disgrace’ and thousands of Liberian women and girls do not have access to sanitary products, they use old clothes, socks,…
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Sanniquellie, Nimba County – A prosecutor and Program Officer of the Sexual Gender-Based Violence Crimes Unit at the Ministry of Justice, Att. Josephine Grose has alarmed that statistics received by her institution in 2021 singled out…
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Women farmers and their children in Kpiekpoa Town Nimba County planting low land (swamp) rice after being trained by a local NGO (COSDO) on other techniques to deal with the effects of climate change on them ( Photo Credit -Bleh Beintor) …
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LONDON – As the world celebrates the first International Day for Women in Maritime, Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Moses Owen Browne has called for the inclusion of more women in…
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MONROVIA – The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) announces that it is collaborating with atelier masōmī's Mariam Issoufou Kamara, Counterspace's Sumayya Vally,and…
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MONROVIA – Adah Johnson,* 56, from Flumpa, Nimba County in north-eastern Liberia is a beneficiary of the continued awareness sessions on the rights of women to land and participation in land governance decision-making processes…
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Dakar/ Johannesburg – On the sides of the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66), which took place from 14 to 25 March 2022, the African Risk Capacity (ARC) and UN Women make a joint call to further promote…
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