The NEWS (Monrovia)
10 March 2008
Monrovia — The Global Call to Action against Poverty-Liberia (GCAP) says Liberia's domestic laws have many flaws which make women vulnerable to different types of abuses.
GCAP Acting National Coordinator, Christian T. L. Peah said there is a need to reform the country's rape and inheritance laws.
Mr. Peah made the statement when a GCAP delegation met with Montserrado County Senator Hannah Brent over the weekend.
A release quoted Peah as saying that these laws have ambiguities and information gaps, yet it was passed by the Legislature.
He observed that flaws have made the women of Liberia vulnerable to abuses at various stages of life.
"These laws must be reformed to reflect contemporary realities and meet international standards," the GCAP Boss stressed.
Additionally, the release said, GCAP has also held meeting with the Director of the Budget, Mr. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, during which Peah called on the Budget Committee to consider activities that will promote economic empowerment and social development for women in the 2008/2009 Fiscal Budget.
Meanwhile, GCAP-Liberia presented over ten e-cards to political leaders, school principals and policymakers calling for an end to all forms of Gender Based Violence including sexual exploitation and abuse of women.
The e-card also called for the input of women in the Poverty Reduction Strategy.
GCAP has urged school authorities to take immediate action to end the issue of 'sex for grades' taking place in most schools.
GCAP is a coalition of over 30 civil society organizations working to ensure that world leaders live up to their promise to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
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