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Liberia Bans Female Genital Cutting in Triumph For Local Journalism

Monrovia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf left office in January with a tremendous, if overdue, parting gift for the...

African Women Take Lead to End Female Genital Mutilation, Child Marriage in Africa

Dakar, Senegal - African women take the lead to end female genital mutilation and early child marriage in Africa...

Women Group Laments Ellen Failure to Make FGM Punishable by Law

Monrovia – Elected as African first female president, there were many bliss on the faces of women and young...

UN Women Urges Stronger Commitment to Curb Violence Against Women

Monrovia - The Country Representative of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN...

‘Add Female Genital Mutilation to Domestic Violence Law’ – NAWOGA

Monrovia – A local Non-governmental organization, the National Working Group Against Female Genital Mutilation (NAWOGA FGM) has described as...

Female Candidates Encouraged to Compete With Male Counterparts

Monrovia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has urged female candidates to fill the gap and compete with their male...

Former Education Minister Kandakai Calls For Protection of Children

Monrovia - Observing the Day of the African Child at the Stella Maris Polytechnic, former Education Minister, Dr. Evelyn...

Liberian Women Protest For Passage of Domestic Violence Bill

Monrovia – Having lingered from one shelf to the other at the Capitol, the Domestic Violence Bill sees no...

Women Group Wants Female Genital Mutilation Act Put into Law

  Monrovia - As part of celebrations marking the 2017 international day of zero tolerance against Female Genital Mutilation...

FGM In, Affirmative Action Out – Where Does Liberia Stand on Women’s Rights?

Monrovia - When the taboo subject of female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM) became the subject...

Only Liberia, Mali and Sierra Leone Yet to Ban FGM in West Africa

When Nobel peace prize laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected Africa’s first female head of state in 2005, expectations were...