Overview WFP is supporting the Government of Liberia through the Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2019-2023) to address challenges that continue to disrupt the full realisation of the Government agenda to...
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Spotlight Initiative: Liberia Results 2019-2021
LIBERIA STRIVING TOWARD ZERO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS MONROVIA, Liberia – 27 September 2022: The Spotlight Initiative in Liberia has published the results of its work accomplished in the...
Gender and Social Inclusion
FOUNDATIONAL RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES FOR ALL LIBERIANS thrive when all members of society are included and empowered. Under its current fiveyear Country Development Cooperation Strategy,...
UNDP supports Gender stakeholders’ conference on women's political participation in Liberia
Delegates at a gender stakeholders’ conference are reviewing and strengthening an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on women's political participation, signed between the National Elections...
Women in Liberia, and Reaching Equality: Are we there yet?, July 2021
Executive Summary In 2016 the Liberia Peacebuilding Office (PBO), the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the United Nations Development (UNDP) initiated the first Social Cohesion and...
Sustainable Development Goals SDG 5 and its Targets: Gender Equality and Empowerment
How to read this infographic This infographic shows the 2021 SCORE values for indicators used to measure Liberia’s progress towards SDG 5. Each indicator bar is colour-coded according to the kind of...
Final report - Link Nutrition Causal Analysis (October 2019-March 2020): Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Rural Montserrado, Rivercess, and Sinoe Counties
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Bordering the Atlantic coast, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Bassa, Montserrado, Rivercess, and Sinoe Counties are among the five counties of Liberia with the highest burden of stunting in...
Vital information and dissemination campaign launched on women peace and security
The National Gender and Security Sector Task Force (GSSNT) with support from UNDP, has conducted a three-day dissemination workshop on the road-map for implementation of UNSCR 1325 for Security...
Gender Based Violence Information Management training goes to region three
In continuation of the nationwide training of gender-based violence service providers in Gender Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS) rollout in Liberia, the Ministry of Gender,...
Women as Liberia’s Guardians of Peace
By Franck Kuwonu, Africa Renewal UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 2018 (IPS) - Not long ago, images of child soldiers and the nation of Liberia were wedded in the minds of the international community. The...
Integrating gender in the mitigation of climate change
The Focal Point of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for Liberia at the EPA says the issue of climate change continues to be one of the major threats to development. Benjamin...
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...
Prospects for Accessing Justice for Sexual Violence in Liberia’s Hybrid System
Author: Freida M’Cormack Abstract This paper explores the prospects of complementary rather than competitive dispute resolution and justice systems in Liberia. It specifically considers women’s...
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Liberia and Sierra Leone can achieve real women's empowerment
New governments in both countries could reverse their poor track by learning from local projects Neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone are undergoing post-conflict transitions. And in both countries,...
UNMIL Facilitates the conference of women in the security sector
Monrovia - On 14 December 2017, the Ministries of Justice, Defense and Gender, Children and Social Protection supported by the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) convened a Conference of Women...
UNMIL-funded quick impact project on gender sensitive reporting training for journalists in Lofa county
The Female Journalists Association of Liberia (FeJAL) trained journalists in Voinjama, Lofa County from 28 to 30 November 2017. The initiative titled: Gender Sensitive Reporting; fairer portrayal of...
USAID Fact Sheet: Gender, November 2017
In Liberia, gender biases result in severe limitations to women’s inclusion at all levels. USAID/Liberia regards gender as a crosscutting theme and works to integrate gender issues across its entire...
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...
Secretary-General Applauds First-Ever All-Female Police Unit for Exemplary Service after Nine-Year-Long Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia
SG/SM/17532-PKO/559-WOM/2060 SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESS RELEASE The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General wishes to pay...
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...