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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 Women) Mrs. Marie Goreth Nizigama...
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‘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 a disservice the omission of...
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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 counterparts. Report...
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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 Kandakai says children need to...
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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 light at the end of...
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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) the Women Against Female...
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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 of national debate in 2012,...
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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 high. Throughout both her terms...