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Africa: COVID-19 Jeopardises Gains Made Towards Protecting Women and Girls from Violence
allAfrica, 16 June 2020
The passing of laws to end child marriage resulted in blocking thousands of child marriages and enabling second chance education for girls. However, these gains made over the years… Read more »
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Liberia: Liberia's Recurring Culture of Impunity Over SGBV
FrontPageAfrica, 13 July 2020
OTHER THAN corruption, the civil war, bad governance and everything wrong with Liberia these days, the issue of sexual and gender-based violence has been dominating the headlines… Read more »
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Liberia: More Than 600 Cases of Rape, Sodomy, Abuses During COVID-19 State of Emergency
FrontPageAfrica, 13 July 2020
Liberia, currently ranked 177th out of 188 countries in the annual Gender Inequality Index is poised to see more decline in the wake of measures aimed at containing the spread of… Read more »
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Africa: COVID-19 Places Extra Burden On African Women
DW, 13 June 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed and intensified gender inequality in Africa. Many women have to work harder than before while earning even less than they normally would. Read more »