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22 hours ago · Through a programme implemented in Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Senegal, Amnesty International has been working since 2017 to prevent and reduce child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation through education, awareness raising and advocacy, with a view to bringing about attitudinal and behavioural change and legislative reform in these countries.
15 hours ago · Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread. Advocates hope the new legislation ...
4 days ago · Sierra Leone is bordered on the north and east by Guinea, on the south by Liberia, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The country can be divided into four distinct physical regions: the coastal swamp, the Sierra Leone Peninsula, the interior plains, and the interior plateau and mountain region.
22 hours ago · July 2, 2024, 11:35 PM PDT / Source: Reuters. By Reuters. Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that ...
9 hours ago · FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A bill that bans child marriage in Sierra Leone has been signed into law, President Julius Maada Bio said late Tuesday, in an effort to protect girls in the West ...
1 day ago · Sierra Leone is a patriarchal society and it is common for a father to give his daughter’s hand in marriage forcibly. Ms Barrie faced this prospect aged 10. She resisted it and fled the family ...
4 days ago · Sierra Leone - Culture, Traditions, Music: The Poro society for men and the Sande society for girls play an educational role in village culture; initiation into these societies is a rite of passage.
