Former child soldiers, forced to commit unimaginable acts of violence, have to navigate the scars of war and rebuild their lives. On Red Hand Day, stories from Sierra Leone offer a glimpse into their pain and hope.
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By Mabinty M. Kmara Mariatu 13, (not her real name), is a Sierra Leonean who lived with foster parents in Freetown and hoped for a better life through education. She was living together with two biological children of her caregivers, a boy and a girl of the same age. Mariatu’s Aunt would later secure enrolment into a nursing course in the provinces where she temporarily
By Saio Marrah In what many gender activists have referred to as a bnetrayal of women, the proposed 30% safe seat clause for Women has been omitted from the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Bill 2021. The clause is the most talked about that was removed. Sierra Leone’s Parliament on the 15th November 2022 enacted into law the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Bill