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Isata Bussoh Kabia
Monday, February 27, 2023
Interviews
Isata Bussoh Kabia
Hon Isata Bussoh Kabia is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Sierra Leone. She served as a Member of Parliament representing All People’s Congress (the ruling party at the time) for the Port Loko District where she...
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Bernadette Lahai
Wednesday, February 08, 2023
Interviews
Dr. Bernadette Lahai
Hon Dr Bernadette Lahai is Agriculturist by profession. In the 2002 general elections, she was elected to the Sierra Leone House of Parliament under the Sierra Leone People’s Party. She won re-election in the 2007 and in the 2012 Parliamentary...
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A women casts her ballot in the 2018 general elections in Freetown. ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP
Monday, January 30, 2023
Sierra Leone opens door for more women in parliament
Inter-parliamentary Union
A new law in Sierra Leone will ensure that at least 30% of parliamentarians are women and impose similar quotas in other institutions, including government, local councils, the diplomatic corps and the civil service. The Gender Equality and Women's...
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Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 January 2023
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
President Bio signs landmark gender equality law – opening doors for more women in parliament
The Sierra Leone Telegraph
Last Thursday, President Julius Maada Bio signed a new Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Bill 2022, known also as the GEWE Act 2022, that is seeking to open up the country’s political space and establish a level playing field for women in...
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Sierra Leone's President, Julius Madaa Bio.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Sierra Leone passes bill To give women 30% representation in parliament
The Heritage Times
Sierra Leonean lawmakers on Tuesday voted unanimously to pass the Gender Empowerment Act, ensuring that one in three members of parliament, as well as local councillors, is a woman. Currently only 19 of Sierra Leone’s 146 members of parliament are...
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Sierra Leone: Women demand funding for effective participation in elections - Concord Times
Monday, April 04, 2022
Sierra Leone: Women demand funding for effective participation in elections
Concord Times
Women across Sierra Leone have through a communique submitted to the Speaker of Parliament called for the creation of a Women's Fund to enhance effective political participation and to also advance the interests and concerns of women for the...
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Thursday, September 26, 2019
First Lady of Sierra Leone: Excluding women from leadership has a great cost to development
The New Times
Deliberate effort to put women in political positions, building institutions and strong legal frameworks, as well as strong human resource capacity,  are some of the catalysts that will ensure the African woman is empowered. These are some of the...
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Sunkarie Kamara
Friday, February 17, 2017
Interviews
UCLG Africa Interview with Sunkarie Kamara, First Female Mayor of Makeni City, Sierra Leone
Mrs. Sunkarie Kamara, Mayor of Makeni City and President of Local Council Association of Sierra Leone (LCASL), spoke to UCLG Africa during the steering committee meeting of LEDNA on the fringes of COP22 in Marrakesh on 11 November 2016. She is the...
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Monday, June 06, 2016
Guide / Training Material
Manual for facilitators: breaking barriers and empowering young women to participate in democratic politics
This research aims to map young women’s political participation at the Local Government, Presidential and Parliamentary levels including university student bodies. It also aims to track the political engagement and participation of young female...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Sierra Leone: Kailahun Women Councilors Climax '16 Days of Activism' - Adopt Gender Model Family
Twelve women councilors in the Kailahun District, east of Sierra Leone, have climaxed the 2013 commemoration of '16 Days of Activism' with the official adoption of the 'Gender Model Family' as an antidote to poverty reduction, improved social...
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Friday, September 13, 2013
Multimedia
NDI World Affairs Briefing Q&A: Supporting Women's Leadership in Parliament
NDI staff participants: Jacqueline Corcoran (Bangladesh), Lindsay Robinson (Sierra Leone), Natalie Hill (Ukraine), Mark De La Iglesia (Governance). Moderated by Susan Markham, director of Women's Political Participation.  Description:  A capable and...
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Friday, August 30, 2013
Sierra Leone News: Moderate progress in women’s participation in governance
Civil Society Organizations working on women issues yesterday converged at the YWCA old hall in Freetown to validate the Sierra Leone in-Country monitoring of  UNSCRs 1325 and 1820 Sierra Leone Report 2013. The Report states that there has been...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Sierra Leone: SLSAV Promotes Women On Leadership
In a bid to promote women in leadership positions, the Sierra Leone Social Aid Volunteers (SLSAV) has concluded a one-day confab on women's participation in leadership and decision-making at local governance level. The event, which was held at the...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
In Sierra Leone,Women, Children Call for National Commissions
Women and children’s organizations in Sierra Leone have pleaded with President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma to set up national commissions for women and children in Sierra Leone, through which they will be able to channel issues affecting women and...
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Monday, April 01, 2013
Interviews
Emma Kowa
Interview with Emma Kowa, Member of Parliament of the Republic of Sierra Leone during the 128th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly which took place March 22-27, 2013 in Quito, Ecuador.  
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Violence against women in politics
Highlighting news, interviews, resources and events on violence against women in politics
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Sierra Leone: Proud Female MPs Assure Sierra Leone Women
Prior to their official inauguration slated for tomorrow Friday 7th December 2012, three newly elected and endorsed Members of Parliament, Hon. Mabinty Funna of Constituency 65 Tonkolili District, Hon. Mabinty Kadijah Sillah of Constituency 28...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Sierra Leone: Fighting Gender Bias Ahead of Elections
Women in Sierra Leone fight to gain more posts during the upcoming general elections in July, 2007. Women activists and leaders claim that their gender is the biggest obstacle for getting elected as there are deep rooted stereotypes and...
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