Gender Issues
Liberia: UN Women Donates Assorted Items for Female Inmates
MONROVIA – Ahead of the 16 Days of Activism, the UN Women recently donated many assorted items for female inmates at the…
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Liberia: UN Goodwill Ambassador for Africa on FGM Calls on Traditional Leaders to Preserve and Refine Tradition
MONROVIA – The visiting United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Africa on Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage Jaha Dukureh has underscored the…
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Liberia: “Introduce Initiation without Mutilation” – UN Women Goodwill Ambassador
MONROVIA – The United Nations Women Goodwill Ambassador for Africa on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, Jaha Dukureh, has spoken…
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Liberia: NAYMOTE-Liberia Champions Women Political Participation in Bong
BONG COUNTY – Naymote Partners for Democratic Development has hosted a three-community-level dialogue focusing on women’s political participation and preventing violence against…
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Liberia: Zoe Accused of Molesting 11-Yr-Old Walks Free Despite Deputy Speaker’s Call for Her Arrest
MONROVIA – It seems that Deputy Speaker Fonati Koffa’s order to the Liberia National Police to arrest Zoe Famatta Musa has gone…
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ORWOCH, Partners Conclude One-Day Stakeholders Meeting On Women Political Participation and Legal Aid
MONROVIA – A local women’s rights advocacy group named Organization for Women and Children (ORWOCH) has ended one-day stakeholders meeting to ensure…
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Liberia: 11-Yr-old FGM Victim’s Ordeal Prompts Deputy Speaker Koffa to Call for Zoe’s Arrest
MONROVIA – The story of 11-year-old Tracy (not her real name), who was kidnapped and circumcised, claimed the attention of Deputy Speaker…
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Liberia: Lawmakers Linked to Facilitating Female Genital Cutting in Gparpolu County
Gbarpolu County – The campaign against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Liberia seems to be leading to a complete fiasco as some…
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Liberia: medica Liberia Expert Trainers Off to Sierra to provide Training for Women’s Rights Organizations
medica Liberia (mL) in partnership with medica mondiale e.V with and supported by Comic Relief will jointly strengthen the capacities of three…
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Liberia: Women Rights Organizations Want High Standards for Public Officials
MONROVIA – Women’s Rights Organizations have Called on President George Manneh Weah to set a high standard for public officials in the…