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An Open Letter to Bo Central Police Family Support Unit Commander: Hold Your Officers Accountable & Help Deliver Justice

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The refusal of an FSU officer to testify in a long-delayed sexual assault case raises painful questions about duty, accountability, and the protection of girls in Sierra Leone. Dear Commander Massaquoi, I write to you publicly because this is not … Continue reading

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Two Women, One System: How Sierra Leone’s Courts Expose Structural Injustice Against Women

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by Dr. Fatima Babih Fast punishment for women. Delayed justice for girls. Two cases. One brutal system in Sierra Leone. In Sierra Leone, the justice system has revealed exactly what it values, and it is not justice and the safety … Continue reading

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Fear Is Governing Sierra Leone Today You Speak You Are Detained: Edwina Jamiru vs Fatima Bio

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by Fatima Babih, EdD I do not whisper when power intimidates the vulnerable. And I will not soften this. What happened to Ms. Edwina Hawa Jamiru, a mother of an infant baby, a law school student and sexual violence survivor, … Continue reading

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Fatima Bio vs. Edwina Jamiru: As A First Lady Disgraces Herself, A Young Woman Stands Tall for Her Dignity

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by Fatima Babih, EdD When a Young Citizen Cautions a First Lady to “Respect Your Boundaries,” You Know She Has Been Pushed Too Far! Her Attack on Edwina Jamiru Reveals Fatima Bio’s Lack of Self-Respect and Respect for Others Sierra … Continue reading

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First Lady by Day, Genital Mutilator by Night: Fatima Bio’s Deadly Power Grab

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by Fatima Babih, EdD She calls herself a champion for girls. Now she holds the blade that cuts their body parts! In what may be the most grotesque inversion of her Hands Off Our Girls slogan, Sierra Leone’s First Lady … Continue reading

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NEWS BULLETIN: Edwina Jamiru Breaks Silence in New Video Calling for Closure

by Fatima Babih, EdD Freetown, Sierra Leone – Edwina Jamiru, the young woman whose detention sparked national and international concern over freedom of expression and arbitrary arrest, has released a new video message on TikTok addressing the people of Sierra … Continue reading

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Fatima Bio’s OAFLAD Presidency: A Detriment to the Struggles of Sierra Leone’s Girls and Women

by Fatima Babih, EdD Fatima Bio’s “Big OAFLAD Achievement” Means Nothing for Sierra Leone’s Girls Left Behind In recent months, Sierra Leone’s “First Lady,” Fatima Bio, has paraded her rotational presidency position in the Organisation of African First Ladies for … Continue reading

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Sierra Leone First Lady Fatima Bio Doubles Down on Disrespect to President, Parliament & Nation

by Fatima Babih, EdD The First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Bio, has once again thrust herself into more controversy, releasing a rambling, inconsistent, confrontational video message, this time, aimed at APC MPs and the Speaker of Parliament. Her previous … Continue reading

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On the Day of the African Child, We Say: Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied for Sierra Leone’s Girl Victims of Rape

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by Fatima Babih, EdD Today, across the continent and worldwide, we mark June 16, the International Day of the African Child. It is a day of remembrance for the brave children who perished in the Soweto Uprising of 1976 and … Continue reading

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Open Letter to Sierra Leone Ministry of Basic Education: A Call for Justice and Dignity for the 45-year-old woman WASSCE Candidate

Dear Mr. Minister, Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. It should never be used as a weapon against those who seek it most desperately (Nelson Mandela) Today, I write to you not just … Continue reading