April 29
Liberia: Mopt Leads Campaign for Female Representation in ICT
The campaign kicked off over the weekend when the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications joined the rest of the Global Village to celebrate the International Day of Girls in ICT. Read more »
March 14
Liberia: Liberia to Criminalize Female Genital Mutilation
In a significant move towards protecting the rights and well-being of women and girls, Bong County Electoral District #6 Representative Moima Briggs Mensah announces here that… Read more »
March 10
Liberia: Red Cross Celebrates Women's Leadership and Service to Humanity
While the world observed International Women's Day on 8 March 2024, there were suggestions that solutions that empower women are how many of the crises confronting the world, which… Read more »
November 07, 2023
Liberia: Liberia Celebrates Landmark Achievement in FGM Battle
Liberia achieved another significant milestone recently in its relentless battle against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as former practitioners from Nimba County, in northern… Read more »
October 24, 2023
Liberia: Women Want Penalties for Violators of FGM Practice
UN Women Liberia Country Representative, Comfort Lamptey, has emphasized the need for severe penalties to be imposed on those who violate the ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)… Read more »
October 11, 2023
Liberia: Women Worked Tirelessly, Turned Out in Numbers - Women's NGO Secretariat
Liberians continue to receive commendation for their peaceful participation in the October 10, 2023 presidential and general elections. Read more »
October 02, 2023
Liberia: UN Women Seeks Legal Ban On FGM
UN Women Country Representative to Liberia, Ms. Comfort Lamptey is calling for the introduction of new legislation to prohibit Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country,… Read more »
September 28, 2023
Liberia: Women March to Show Support for Cummings
An estimated 6,000 women jam-packed the headquarters of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), on Wednesday, September 27, to showcase their strength ahead of the "Victory… Read more »
September 18, 2023
Liberia: SafeSisters Fellow Empowers Women Journalists and Human Rights Defenders
A two-day digital safety and security training aimed at enhancing the digital protection of women journalists and women human rights defenders in Liberia has successfully… Read more »
September 06, 2023
Liberia: Weah Gets Rural Women's Endorsement
More than five thousand rural women from Zoe-Gweh, Nimba County have endorsed the 2nd term bid of President George Weah. Read more »
August 31, 2023
Liberia: Ellen Rallies Women to Vote
Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is urging Liberians, especially women, to exercise their constitutional rights and responsibilities by voting in the October 2023… Read more »
August 30, 2023
Liberia: Sirleaf Launches Women Situation Room for Peaceful Polls
Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Tuesday, 29 August 2023, officially launched the Women Situation Room in Liberia, aimed at promoting a peaceful electoral environment and… Read more »
August 27, 2023
Liberia: Scrap Extreme Abortion Section in Public Health Bill
- Public mounts pressure on Senators Read more »
August 24, 2023
Liberia: Experts On Raising Campaign for Small-Scale Cross-Border Women Traders
The ECOWAS Commission, through the Trade Directorate and the ECOWAS Gender Development Center (EGDC), has organized a retreat in Tema, Ghana from 15th to 17th August 2023, to… Read more »
August 22, 2023
Liberia: Women Peace Builders to Dialogue On Building and Sustaining Peace
The Women Peace Builders has embarked on a momentous journey by organizing an inter-generational dialogue aimed at sharing insights, reflections, and experiences related to… Read more »
Liberia: Scores of Professional Women Endorse President Weah
A group under the banner "Strategic She Thinkers" has endorsed President George Manneh Weah's second term bid come October 10, 2023. Read more »
August 18, 2023
Liberia: Liberian Women Sign Peace Manifesto
Prominent women under the banner, Liberian Women Peace Summit have penned a peace manifesto, calling for peaceful 2023 Elections. Read more »
August 02, 2023
Liberia: AFELL Endorsement Backfires
--Members face one-year suspension for endorsing Weah Read more »
July 26, 2023
Liberia: Do Liberian Women and Girls Have Heartbeats?
Statement by Amplifying Rights Network, partners and women's rights groups and activists position statement on the Public Health Law. Read more »
July 17, 2023
Liberia: Charyne Brumskine Hails Women's Resilience
-Says, "CPP Govt. will Budget U.S.$20m for women in 100 days Read more »
July 12, 2023
Liberia: A Final Push to Make the 2023 Candidate Registration Count for Liberian Women
By adopting gender equality legislation in January 2023, Sierra Leone took a huge leap forward in correcting its history of women's underrepresentation in the political and… Read more »
July 06, 2023
Liberia: UN Resident Coordinator Wants Disabled Women's Political Participation
United Nations Resident Coordinator in Liberia, Christine N. Umutoni wants women's participation in politics to be void of discrimination against women and girls living with… Read more »
July 04, 2023
Liberia: Human Rights 75 - Women and Girl's Right to Participate in Public and Political Life
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. On April 24,… Read more »
July 05, 2023
Liberia: UN Spotlights Women's Political Participation in Liberia
The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Office is this July spotlighting Women's political participation, focusing on women and girls with disabilities. Read more »
July 03, 2023
Liberia: NEC Holds Strategic Dialogue With Political Parties On Implementation of Minimum 30 Percent Gender Quota MOU
The National Elections Commission (NEC) will on Tuesday 4 July begin a strategic dialogue with registered political Parties to discuss the level of implementation of the MOU on the… Read more »