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Juvie Offensive: Sexual Exploitation of Girls

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In the United States, the term “juvie” is short for juvenile and a colloquial word for juvenile correctional facility or juvenile justice system. It is also used to refer to a young person who has served time in a juvenile correctional facility; … Continue reading

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DOUBLE VICTIMIZATION OF RAPE VICTIM BY MALE CONTROLED MEDIA IN SIERRA LEONE

After enduring the horrors of a brutal rape, allegedly, by none other than the Deputy Minister of Education, the 24-year old University of Sierra Leone student is currently enduring the all-common bombardment of harassment and continued victimization faced by rape … Continue reading

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Female University Student Allegedly Raped by Deputy Minister of Education

For days we have been reading, with horror and disgust, about the alleged rape of a 24-year old female engineering student of University of Sierra Leone (Fourah Bay College) by the Sierra Leone Deputy Minister of Education. We have learned from newspaper … Continue reading

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Agenda for Change: What’s in it for Salone Women?

We were encouraged to see that President Koroma dedicated two paragraphs under the heading: Empowering Women toward the end of his speech for the opening of Parliament in December 2012. With nothing else in recent history to give women of … Continue reading

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ATTENTION: HEART DISEASE is still NUMBER ONE Killer of Women

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Cardiovascular disease (Heart Disease) is the leading killer of women in America, accounting for over one-third of all deaths. That’s more than the combined death rates from breast, ovarian, and … Continue reading

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A Soul-Searching Quest for Salone Women

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Political leadership is one of the most sought aspirations for Sierra Leonean women and men; as we are acutely aware that socioeconomic and political prosperity come to those who are in this arena in our country, they have tremendous power … Continue reading

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President Koroma Promises to Help Women: We Must Keep Him Honest

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His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, proceeds in his 2nd term of office as President of Sierra Leone for the next 5 years after winning the November 17, 2012 Election. On Saturday, December 15, 2012, President Koroma opened the First … Continue reading

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WORLD AIDS DAY

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Today, December 1, 2012  is World Aids Day! For African girls and women, the narrative does not change from year to year: poverty, lack of education, gender inequality, etc., are all factors that increase their chances of being exposed to … Continue reading

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Breastfeeding mother and Five other Women Detained in Sierra Leone

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The Sierra Leone National Electoral Commission is still working on the final results of the Parliamentary and Local Council elections; we anticipate a very low success rate for women in these elections, even though women played critical roles and even … Continue reading

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President Koroma Re-elected: Will he broker change for women this time around?

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The National Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone finally completed its  calculations for the presidential election; the winner, President Ernest Bai Koroma, will serve another five-year term. International observers have declared it a transparent election; it is particularly commendable that it … Continue reading