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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a nationwide observance coordinated by the Office on Women’s Health (OWH), within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its goal is … Continue reading

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We Honor Salone-Girl-Power on IWD

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We celebrate ALL Salone Girls on this International Women’s Day. ~Rise & Shine~ ~The future is in your hands!!! Everything they’ve said is good on paper, but I’m not sure of the effectiveness of this conference,” said Hawanatu Sheriff, an … Continue reading

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Mammy Mafila Thoronka ~ Unsung Shero

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Excerpt from: Women of Sierra Leone: Traditional Voices (1992). A publication of the Partners in Adult Education Women’s Commission. Mammy Mafila Thoronka lives in the town of Alikalia in the Koinadugu District and is a Kuranko. She and her parents … Continue reading

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Unsung Shero ~ Mamie Batu Swaray

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When you know where you come from, you will know where you are going, Mamie Batu always cautioned her children and grandchildren. Mamie Habibatu Swaray Mamie is the title a woman earns in Sierra Leone, especially in Mende society based on … Continue reading

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Who is your Unsung Shero from Salone?

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How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! ~ Maya Angelou In this month of March, in honor of Women’s History, we will honor our grandmothers, mothers, aunts, sisters, neighbors…all Salone women who have contributed tremendously … Continue reading

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Invisible Warriors ~ Unsung Sheroes of Salone

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Always remember the past for therein lies the future, if forgotten…we are destined to repeat our mistakes ~ African proverb. Honoring Women’s History month cannot be complete for us as women from Sierra Leone without honoring the girls and women … Continue reading

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No Progress for Women in Diaspora Political Chapters

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole…than the one which involves women as central players. Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General Women are absent in leadership positions in the political parties in Sierra Leone; unfortunately, … Continue reading

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Missing In Parliament – Women

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2012 is Election year in Sierra Leone, the second general election since the war. There are two main political parties in Sierra Leone, the All People’s Congress (APC), now in power and the Sierra Leone People Party (SLPP) and there … Continue reading

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Elitism Harms Women’s Progress

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A cockroach knows how to sing and dance, but it is the hen that prevents it from performing its art during the day – African proverb. What is preventing women in Sierra Leone from performing our art of progress? There … Continue reading

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Stop abandoning your children!

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This article was originally posted on http://www.sierraleonenow.com By Jacob Sax Conteh As many Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora, especially in the United States, return home to settle down, many are doing so at the expense of their children and spouses … Continue reading