The women of Port Loko District on Valentine's Day celebrated the first One Billion rising in Africa V-Day on the the

The National Security Coordinator (NSCOORD), Retired Brigadier Mustapha M.K.

Women activists from various groups in Sierra Leone, including the Parliamentary Female Caucus, 50/50 Group and Campa

Women in Sierra Leone are stepping on center stage in a steady but slow pace to play their part as equal partners in

Sierra Leone held its third election since the end of its decade-long civil war on November 17.

The Women Situation Room WSR, with the theme "Peace in our Hands" will be officially launched by President

Zainab Hawa Bangura, the minister of health and sani

Women constitute 51% of Sierra Leone's population, yet only 16 out of 112 elected parliamentarians are women.

As the public relations officer of the All Political Parties Women Association, APPWA Gertrude Karimu stated last wee

Gender Specialist at the Sierra Leone Conference on Transformation and Development (SLCDT), Madam Naasu Fofanah has s

Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, Steven Gaojia, has said that women need to be united and s

DAKAR, 8 August 2011 (IRIN) - When Marie Jalloh first ran for office in 2007, resistance to

Thursday, ENCISS, a Civil Society organization, and government were in a dialogue forum on women's participation in g

A coalition of women from the four major political parties in the country has been launched by President Ernest Bai K

President Ernest Bai Koroma has officially launched the All Political Parties Women's Association Serra Leone (APPWA-

In Sierra Leone's highly patriarchal society, where institutionalised gender inequalities are exacerbated by discrimi

During the recent United Nations Sierra Leone Country Specific Configuration review meetings at the UN, Sierra Leone'

Civil society in general and women in particular have a critical role to play in cementing Sierra Leone's transition

The launch of Female Civil Society and Human Rights Forum (FECSOHRIF) took place on Tuesday 1st February 2011 at the

Speaking at the ceremony, acting chairman of the PPRC, Roland Ade Caesar Esq.

About Twenty-three (23) countries in the world have achieved a critical mass of 30 percent women in national parliame

A woman took position alongside male soldiers at the graveside of a fallen colleague.

One Hundred (100) women have successfully graduated in forestry management in Kamakwie, northern Sierra Leone after a

Women in the Regent community have benefited from a capacity building training on leadership organized by the 50/50 g