Good Practices: Liberia

Mae Azango. Credit: Glenna Gordon for New Narratives

Liberia: Journalist Mae Azango fights for women´s rights and against female genital mutilation

By Rousbeh Legatis  UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 2013 (IPS) – Journalists can play a crucial role in helping to shift traditional attitudes within societies where the cruel practice of female genital mutilation is an everyday reality. Mae Azango, a reporter … Continue reading →

Malawi President Joyce Banda (left) and Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at a women

Liberia and Malawi: Africa´s Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women

By Travis Lupick* Monrovia, May 9, 2012 (IPS) – The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve the lives of … Continue reading →

Female Indian Peacekeepers in Liberia. Credit: Christopher Herwig/UN Photos

India´s Female Peacekeepers Inspire Liberian Girls

WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR LEYMAH GBOWEE AND ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF!!! By Tamasin Ford and Sonnie Morris* Monrovia, October 2010 (IPS) – It is break time at the Victory Chapel School in Congo Town. Children dressed in … Continue reading →

Liberian peacewomen. Credit: EricKanalstein/ UN Photos

Liberia: Leading the Way on 1325…But Still Some Way to Go

  By Tamasin Ford and Tecee Boley* Assistant Commissioner Bennetta Holder Warner sits behind her small brown desk covered with books and paper-filled manila folders papers. Her crisp black uniform shines as if it was just made. The Liberian lady … Continue reading →