Liberia Has Traded in the 'Old Ma' for Female VP and First Lady but Is That Enough?

Liberia should be spearheading the inclusion of women in governance and politics. Liberia gave birth to two Nobel Peace Laureates, activists Leymah Gbowee and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

The election of Liberia's first female Vice President came immediately at the end of the African continent's first female president's tenure.

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