Overview In 2023, Sierra Leone faced a crucial juncture, with its journey towards sustainable development and food security being severely tested. WFP operated in a landscape where the convergence of...
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Fighting gender inequality in Sierra Leone
by Vishna Shah, Director of Advocacy, Campaigns, Media and Communications in West and Central Africa, SCI Sierra Leone has a population of 8.4 million people and women play a central role in society...
Sierra Leone Annual Country Report 2022 - Country Strategic Plan 2020 - 2024
Overview The food security situation in Sierra Leone continued to deteriorate in 2022, triggered by the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 and the Ukraine crisis. The Leone continued to depreciate...
Turn up the volume: Irish Aid funded women’s radio station is empowering the women of Sierra Leone
Fatima Sesay: ‘Thanks to Irish support, it is a dream come true to be the head of Sierra Leone’s women’s radio station’ In most parts of the world, women are under-represented in decision-making...
Humanitarian Action for Children 2021 - Sierra Leone
HIGHLIGHTS The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly impacted health, security and overall economic development in Sierra Leone. Coupled with weak preparedness for future...
Adapting through Covid-19: October 2020 lessons from teenage pregnancy programmes in Sierra Leone
Introduction Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in the world: 28% of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 have children (UNFPA, 2019). There is evidence that this high...
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The impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on women: Lessons from the Ebola outbreak in W/Africa
Introduction Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, the effects on human lives have been devastating. The virus has spread across all 15-member states of the Economic...
The Karina Declaration: An important common platform for positioning women’s role in governance
Women’s political participation calls for a much more robust approach that will not only make women’s voices heard but also strategically position women in political leadership and public...
The Citizens’ Manifesto: a new hope for democracy in Sierra Leone?
15 November 2017: The political lens is zooming in on Sierra Leone as the country is poised to hold its next presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for March 2018. As political debates...
Humanitarian emergency response in Sierra Leone due to floods and landslide - Gender Alert: August 2017
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE DIFFERENT NEEDS OF WOMEN, MEN, GIRLS, BOYS MAKES HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE MORE EFFECTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL AFFECTED POPULATIONS. On August 14, torrential rains led to a...
Sierra Leone: Flash Update no.3 OCHA West & Central Africa, 17 August 2017
Situation overview The Government and the UN system through the Resident Coordinator have requested international support. A deployment of a UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team...
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Women's Leadership in Resilience
ActionAid is working with poor communities across the world to support them in building their resilience to disasters, climate change and other shocks and stresses. This work is of ever-growing...
AfHDR 2016 – pathways to reduce persistent gender inequality
Freetown November 28, 2016: The 2016 African Human Development Report (AHDR) launched today offers pathways to reducing the persistent gender inequality in Africa. The report titled “Accelerating...
Sierra Leone Interim Millennium Development Goals Report 2015
Summary Sierra Leone has concluded the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), spanning January 2000 to December 2015. Despite the country’s weak start in the implementation of...
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Socio-Economic Impacts of the Ebola Virus Disease on Africa (Revised Edition)
Executive Summary The Ebola virus disease (EBOLA) outbreak in West Africa has the worst death toll since the disease was diagnosed in 1976. It also has far-reaching socioeconomic consequences. ...
National Ebola Recovery Strategy for Sierra Leone 2015–2017
Executive Summary A. Background Context Sierra Leone is one of three countries in the Mano River Union to suffer from the worst recorded Ebola outbreak since the disease was first diagnosed in 1976...
Gender and SSR: Training Manual for Community Women in Sierra Leone
This Training Manual for Community Women in Sierra Leone aims to strengthen community women’s engagement and ability to influence national and community-level security decisions. Based on training...
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The new yellow in Sierra Leone: Getting Ebola to Zero
A year on from the Ebola outbreak, a new campaign with journalists, students and teachers is injecting fresh energy into the drive to kick Ebola out of Sierra Leone. While celebrating as the World...
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Confronting the gender impact of Ebola virus disease in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
Ebola: No lasting recovery without a special focus on women, says UNDP 27 Feb 2015 Women need to be at the center of all efforts to help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recover from the Ebola...
Engaging Men and Boys to End Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Sierra Leone: A Stakeholder Mapping Report, June 2014
Nesbitt-Ahmed, Z., Mills, E. and Diggins, J. IDS Evidence Report 110 Publisher IDS read the full report here Increasingly, engaging with men and boys has emerged as a vital strategy adopted by...