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Liberia: Top CSOs Demand Executive, Legislature to Suspend Taxes, Import Duties on Sanitary Pads
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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Prosecutor Alarms Over 2000 SGBV Cases Reported in 2021; Calls for Enhanced Awareness and Speedy…
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 Stand More Risk To Effects Of Deforestation, Land Degradation, Drought, New UNCCD Study…
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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Liberia IMO Rep. Advocates for the Inclusion areas of Training and Placement in the global Maritime…
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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Liberia: EJS Partners with Leading African Women Architects to Design the World’s First…
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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Liberia: Women’s Land Rights Awareness Campaign Bears Fruits
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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CSW66: The African Risk Capacity, UN Women Call for Concrete Action to Strengthen The Leadership And…
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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Liberia: AMEU Examiner Accused of Rape by Prospective Admits Having Sex but Says It Was Consensual
Monrovia - The Monrovia City Court has jailed the Acting Director for Entrance at AME University at the Monrovia Central Prison for allegedly raping an 18-year-old prospective student.
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Liberia: First Lady Calls for Inclusion of Women and Girls on Climate Change Decision Making Table…
MONROVIA – The First Lady of Liberia, Mrs. Clar Marie Weah has called for the inclusion and meaningful participation of women and girls in climate decision and policy making processes.
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UN Communications Group Hosts Media Workshop to Promote Gender Equality in Liberia
Monrovia – About 30 media practitioners have benefited from a media one-day workshop on promoting gender equality for sustainable development organized by the United Nations Communications Group in Liberia in collaboration with the…
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