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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a leading cause of death in the countries where it is practised, with over 44,000 additional women and young girls dying each year,

Seventy initiators into the “Bondo” (Female Genital Mutilation-FGM) secret society called “Soweis” in local parlance in Tonkolili district northern Sierra Leone, have over the weekend handed over their

Those who want to make believe that there are no untoward intentions behind the state of emergency under which Sierra Leone now exists need to think again. The

The death of one Mariatu Kamara, aged 10, in a female secret society bush at Gaindama Section, Yoni Mamaila Chiefdom in the Tonkolili District, has saw to a

Members of the Sowei Council of Sierra Leone have called on the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) to order the arrest of medical doctors and nurses performing abortion. According

In a process of transformation, there is always a latent need for the phoenix of humanity to rise from the ashes.  Barry Goldwater once said that “Social and

Defends Adult Bondo Women's Rights to their Bodies The 2017 edition of the annual ECOWAS First Ladies Conference has ended in Niamey, Niger on 5th October 2017. Sierra Leone

Commissioner Brima A. Sheriff of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (in photo), has said FGM is a violation of the human rights of women and girls

Societal Heads of the National Sowies Council in Bo District at the weekend organized a peaceful demonstration in Bo to protest against the ongoing campaign to abolish Female Genital