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09.12.2022 All Africa News

Women and girls in Liberia are affected by violence in all areas of their lives … “What happened in the school was nothing new,” Caroline Bowah says. “It stands for all the violence experienced by women and girls in Liberia, for their lack of…

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09.12.2022 Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Remarks at an Event Titled “Breaking the Barriers of Entry for Women Leaders in Africa” Hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace … Home | | Remarks at an Event Titled “Breaking the Barriers of Entry for Women Leaders in Africa” Hosted by the U.S.

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09.12.2022  UNHCR: Francesca Fontanini and Idrissa Conteh 

Feature: The good women of Sierra Leone … Two refugee women cross paths amid the civil wars in West Africa. One fled from Liberia to Sierra Leone, and the other is returning to Sierra Leone from Liberia, but both share similar stories of suffering…

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09.12.2022 Tiffany Lewallyn

The Challenges of Women in Sierra Leone … Gender-based violence, discrimination, and genital mutilation are some of the many challenges that women in Sierra Leone face. In comparison to males within the nation, a woman’s “voice, visibility…

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09.12.2022 Miriam Anderson

What does it take to build up women’s rights after the war? This nuanced compilation looks at women’s empowerment after Sierra Leone’s civil war, from different perspectives … “War, Women and Post-conflict Empowerment: Lessons from Sierra Leone”…

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09.12.2022 Alfred Fornah

  … All across-section of female trainees during a classroom training session at the IOM’s Training Center in Sumbuya, Bo District, Southern Sierra Leone. © IOM 2022/Alfred Fornah. Meet Maseray and Lucinda who have defied gender norms in Sierra…