In this intergenerational series for the Generation Equality campaign, young people take the lead to shape the conversations. Gwendolyn Myers, a 29-year-old peace activist from Liberia, talks with a...
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UN Women Newsletter edited by the Country Office in Liberia, April - June 2018
In This Edition... Message from the UN Women Liberia Representative Big boost to gender equality in Liberia Liberian men speak out on women’s rights “We need men who will stand up for the rights of...
UN Women Newsletter edited by the Country Office in Liberia, January - March 2018
In This Edition... • Message from the UN Women Liberia Representative • “My life has changed for the better” • Empowering aspiring young business women in Liberia • Rural women lead the way in...
Rural women lead the way in addressing food insecurity in Liberia
49-years old Everlyn Karhenye, a mother of nine children is leader of the Gbawanken Rural Women Community Grain Reserve, an agricultural storage and processing facility established through the UN...
Reversing the tide of rising violence against women in Liberia
Liberia is grappling with rising incidences of sexual and gender-based violence. Children as young as six are being raped, with devastating impact on their health and wellbeing. Little Decontee from...
Maternal health gets a new boost in Liberia
With 1,072 maternal deaths for every 100,000 births, Liberia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. In the remote areas, infrastructure and facilities in clinics are often...
Peace Huts help Liberian women rise, post-Ebola
In the small fishing village of Little Bassa, located in the southern region of Liberia, hundreds of local women leaders under the UN Women-supported Peace Hut Initiative danced in excitement as they...
UN Women Liberia Newsletter Vol.2. No-6
Dear Readers It is an honor to again present to you this Third Quarter Edition of the UN Women Liberia Newsletter. With your support, UN Women has accelerated its programme delivery; expanded its...
Gender Concerns The Post-Ebola Recovery Phase in Liberia - April 2015
The Ebola crisis in Liberia exposed the vulnerabilities of the country’s health and response system, challenged religious and cultural beliefs and further exacerbated other pre-existing...
In Liberia, mobile banking to help Ebola-affected women traders
Hard-hit by closed markets and travel restrictions, some 2,500 women cross-border traders will receive cash transfers via mobile technology from the Central Bank of Liberia with a grant from UN Women...
At the frontlines, Liberian women adopt new strategies in Ebola response
Through radio programmes, psychosocial support and training women’s networks, UN Women is supporting efforts to address the gender dimension of the Ebola crisis in Liberia. Radio host Justice Clarke...
From the Sidelines to the Forefront - Ensuring a Gender-Responsive Foundation for Liberia’s National Decentralization Process: A Review and Analysis of Barriers, Opportunities and Entry Points
Supporting Gender-responsive Local Government in Liberia [September] Liberia’s decentralization process has received a more broader and inclusive perspective with the completion of a study to...
UN Women Supports Liberia's Gender Ministry in Ebola Response
In scaling up its support in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) has presented several...
Ebola Patients Receive Donation from UN Women & Liberia’s Gender and Development Ministry
See video [September] Efforts to combat the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia are being intensified with several international organizations including the United Nations collaborating...
Ebola Toll on Women Appalling
Urgent Action Needed to Address Needs of Women in the Response to Ebola The Ministry of Gender and Development (MoGD) in Partnership with United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment...
Men as agents of change in ending violence against women and girls in Liberia
“This is a good way to mark the start of the 16 Days,” said Mahmoud Koroma, Programme Associate at UN Women, a co-organizer of the event. “As UN staff members, it is important to reflect on the role...
From conflict resolution to prevention: connecting Peace Hut to the police in Liberia
“This hut is working for me, Oh, this hut is working for me, Oh,” sang a group of 60 women and girls clapping to rhythm in one of the 14 Peace Huts of Weala, a town in Margibi County in Liberia...
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Lighting up lives: Training women to become "barefoot" solar engineers
An illiterate grandmother from a small village in Malawi, Stella, found it hard to imagine the future that lay ahead when she arrived at the Barefoot College of India. Six months later she emerged as...
Breaking the Cycle of Violence and HIV in Liberia
“I was raped during the war by three men. I live with two stigmas: of rape and of HIV.” Although Benetta describes the situation of thousands of Liberian women, her determination to break the silence...
Breaking the cycle of violence and HIV in Liberia
“I was raped during the war by three men. I live with two stigmas: of rape and of HIV.” In her statement, Benetta describes the situation of thousands of Liberian women. But what makes Benetta...