Women groups and Civil Society Organisations have made their inputs into the Sierra Leone in-country monitoring of th

On Tuesday July, 15, 2014, two of the United Nations System Agencies, the Joint Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) an

I sat in the glittery closing plenary of last week's global summit to end sexual violence in conflict in London, tire

The stories of gang-rape, forced marriage and fathers being forced to rape their own daughters at gunpoint keep her a

Sierra Leone is demonstrating that it understands the important role women can play as peacekeepers.

Several women organizations and groups have been motivated to assist the security sector in consolidating the peace a

The women of Port Loko District on Valentine's Day celebrated the first One Billion rising in Africa V-Day on the the

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The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, has provided delivery kits to mothers and children at the James Davids Hos

WIPSEN-AFRICA is a leading women-focused pan African Non-government Organization with the mandate to promote women's

New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS): An all-women police unit provided by India, as part of a UN peacekeeping force, inspired ma

By the launch of the National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR 1325) in Abuja Tuesday

The National Research Council has begun an intense gender-based violence campaigned in several communities in Paynesv

The Female legislative Caucus of Liberia's National Legislature says it will shortly introduce a parity bill.

More than 38,000 children have taken part in Liberia's war as fighters, porters, and slaves throughout the country's

NEW YORK, July 31, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Reduction of Military Set for Next Year, Possible F

A black Mercedes pulls up in a grimy street in Bamako and the back door swings open.

Imagine starting a country from scratch.

The Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, Hon.