Politics
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.
FGM
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…