The 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone, awarded the third annual Madeleine K. Albright Grant by the National Democratic Institute, was founded in 2000 to promote greater participation of women in politics. It has grown from a handful of women meeting in borrowed space in Freetown to a nationally recognized organization actively engaged in building a new post-war Sierra Leone in which women can share equally with men in the political decisions that affect their lives.

To learn more about the 50/50 Group, click here to read the NDI story about the group and the award.

You can also view a short documentary, "Side by Side: The Story of the 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone," about the work of this impressive group.