Liberia Government (Monrovia)
25 November 2008
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says the fight against gender violence must involve everyone. The campaign, the President said, must begin at homes, where parents have an obligation to protect their children. The President admonished parents to exercise care and caution to keep children out of harms way. In the schools, churches and homes, the Liberian leader said, everyone must join in the ...
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Inter Press Service (Johannesburg)
25 November 2008
As the world marks the twenty-seventh International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, United Nations figures indicate that in the course of her lifetime, one in every three women is beaten, coerced into sex or abused, by a relative or acquaintance.
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Inter Press Service (Johannesburg)
21 November 2008
Continued violence against women is one of the focuses of a continental meeting reviewing progress made towards achieving gender equality in Africa.
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United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
25 November 2008
For better awareness on gender based violence and to promote strategies on the means of better fighting this violence, the UNHCR is organizing a campaign consisting of activities and events from 25 November to 10 December 2008, in collaboration with other international partners.
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This step in the right direction to eradicate violence against women in Liberia and in general the whole world, Gender related issue in Liberia must be treated careful, while it’s true that gender violence like rape is at its high peak in Liberia, it’s also true that some women are using this means to witch hunt men, so, I also suggest three years imprisonment for women found lying of been rape