FGM

MONROVIA – Hundreds of Liberian school-aged girls and young women stand the risks of being initiated into the Sande Society, also known as the bush school, because, traditional leaders of Margibi County pledged to continue their…
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Monrovia - The United Nations joined the Government and people of Liberia to commemorate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence which kicked off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence…
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Monrovia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf left office in January with a tremendous, if overdue, parting gift for the girls of Liberia.
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Dakar, Senegal - African women take the lead to end female genital mutilation and early child marriage in Africa through the strategic launch of the Big Sister Movement.
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Monrovia – Elected as African first female president, there were many bliss on the faces of women and young girls on grounds that she will target harmful traditional practices and abuse of women and young girls.
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Monrovia - The Country Representative of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Mrs. Marie Goreth Nizigama has called on all stakeholders to take a united action in the relentless fight to end…
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Monrovia – A local Non-governmental organization, the National Working Group Against Female Genital Mutilation (NAWOGA FGM) has described as a disservice the omission of the component of 16.21 which addresses the issue of Genital…
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Monrovia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has urged female candidates to fill the gap and compete with their male counterparts.
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Monrovia - Observing the Day of the African Child at the Stella Maris Polytechnic, former Education Minister, Dr. Evelyn Kandakai says children need to be protected from abuse by those tasked to uphold them.
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Monrovia – Having lingered from one shelf to the other at the Capitol, the Domestic Violence Bill sees no light at the end of the tunnel as the 53rd Legislature nears its end.
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