Assessing the Legal Protection of Girls in Liberia

The objective of the research was to compile comprehensive, accurate and strategic information on how best to enhance the protection of girls through legal empowerment approaches in four target countries. IDLO focused on the following seven factors as key to enhancing the economic and legal empowerment of girls:

Access to birth registration
Access to education
Access to property rights
Protection from child labor
Protection from trafficking
Protection from commercial sexual exploitation
Protection from underage marriage

The research has underpinned the generation of country reports, one for every country represented, that detail the key protection issues facing girls, the socio-cultural factors that impact upon protection, and potential interventions to enhance the legal protection framework for girls in each target country. It is hoped that a comparative analysis of this information, to be published separately, will contribute to forming a basis for informed action with respect to strengthening domestic legal protection frameworks and the capacity of key protection agents to access justice and safeguard the legal rights of girls.