Gender Issues
PAYOWI Celebrates International Day of the Girls Child with Calls to End SGBV in Liberia
MONROVIA – The Paramount Young Women Initiative (PAYOWI) have ended a day long National Young Women Leadership Conference in observance of this…
Gender Issues
Gender Issues
SisterAid Liberia Launches Watershed Innovation Leadership Clinic
The core barriers battling gender parity in political leadership positions and the active political life of women are steep and deep.
Gender Issues
Liberia: Girls Alliance for Future Leadership Launches Campaign to Boost Women’s Participation in Election
By Francis G. Boayue, Intern Monrovia – Girls Alliance for Future Leadership, a young women advocacy group aimed at supporting women’s participation…
Gender Issues
Carter Center, Ministry of Health Launch Mental Health Program for Pregnant Women
MONROVIA — The Carter Center Liberia, and the Ministry of Health have launched a new mental health program for pregnant women in…
County News
Liberia: Margibi Lawmaker Donates L$200k to Empower Women In Constituency
NEEDOWEIN, MARGIBI COUNTY – Representative Tibelrosa Summoh Tarponweh (District #1, Margibi County) has made a cash donation L$200,000 to the Needowein Community…
County News
Teenage Pregnancy Becoming a Norm in Bong Village
GBARTA, Kokoyah District – Kids grow up fast in some remote villages in Liberia. With limited options to attend school, many opt…
Gender Issues
Liberia: National Colloquium on Sexual Gender-based Violence Spotlight Initiative Ends with Delegates Resolving to Set up Fight against the Menace
Monrovia — The National Colloquium on Sexual Gender-based Violence Spotlight Initiative, which was held under the theme: “Increased Awareness on the Judicial…
Gender Issues
The Scourge of Infertility Stigma and Tackling the Menace in Liberia
MONROVIA – In Liberian society, as in almost every African setting, barrenness can become a real nightmare for women. Ignorantly, most often,…
Gender Issues
Paramount Young Women Initiative Engages Males in Combating Sexual Gender Based Violence
MONROVIA – The Paramount Young Women Initiative (PAYOWI) has embarked on three-month training aim at eliminating Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and other…
Gender Issues
Liberia: IRC’s Raising Community Voices Project Partners with My Watchman™ App to Strengthen GBV Reporting
MONROVIA – The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and its implementing partner, COWAGIL of the Irish Aid funded Raising Community Voices project (RCV),…