An umbrella body of more than a hundred women groups from across fourteen chiefdoms in Kailahun district, the Kailahun Women in Governance Network KWIG, has expressed grave concerns over the yet-to-be actualised 30% quota proposed for Sierra Leonean women to actively participate in the day today administration of the country, saying it is long overdue.
According to the women, despite assurances by President Ernest Koroma to ensure that the bill is passed into law, the document has been gathering dust at the House of Parliament.
"We have held series of meetings with stakeholders to know what is happening with the bill but nothing positive has been heard up till now. However, our elders have promised to press on so that the 30% quota is given to Sierra Leonean women. This is long overdue Mr. President," President of KWIG, Mariama Gbow, told Concord Times yesterday.
This is the first effort by women of the district to speak with one voice in an election year to electorates, political parties, district councils, traditional authorities, ward development committees, national election commission and civil society organizations to work together and advocate for women's rights.
Read the complete story at All Africa, published 25 July 2012.
An umbrella body of more than a hundred women groups from across fourteen chiefdoms in Kailahun district, the Kailahun Women in Governance Network KWIG, has expressed grave concerns over the yet-to-be actualised 30% quota proposed for Sierra Leonean women to actively participate in the day today administration of the country, saying it is long overdue.
According to the women, despite assurances by President Ernest Koroma to ensure that the bill is passed into law, the document has been gathering dust at the House of Parliament.
"We have held series of meetings with stakeholders to know what is happening with the bill but nothing positive has been heard up till now. However, our elders have promised to press on so that the 30% quota is given to Sierra Leonean women. This is long overdue Mr. President," President of KWIG, Mariama Gbow, told Concord Times yesterday.
This is the first effort by women of the district to speak with one voice in an election year to electorates, political parties, district councils, traditional authorities, ward development committees, national election commission and civil society organizations to work together and advocate for women's rights.
Read the complete story at All Africa, published 25 July 2012.