An official of the overseas development of the Catholic Bishops of Ireland, Trócaire, has lauded the passing into law of the Gender Equality Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) Bill in Sierra Leone as a great win for women and a step towards their advancement.
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Women play a vital role in the affairs of a country like Sierra Leone in which the majority of the population still live in the rural areas, are relatively young and cannot read or write. These are facts government after government had confronted over the years.
The current government of President Julius Maada Bio seems to be doing something concrete and visible about it by introducing free education at the primary and secondary school levels, discouraging forced marriages for girls and also doing something about female genital mutilation.
More girls are going to school these days and more and more employment opportunities are opening up for women. FGM is also not as prevalent and predominant as before with a legislation that says it can only be carried out on girls 18 years old and above. There are more females (52%) than males in the country.