By Mabinty M. Kamara Defense for Children International in partnership with Equality Now have in a two-day training engaged young and senior lawyers on strategic impact litigation, public interest litigations under national, regional and international human rights mechanisms to strategic litigation of selected cases of sexual violence. The training which took place on Thursday
By Nasratu Kargbo Fifty percent (50%) of sexual assault cases reported to Rainbo Initiative are from children between ages eleven to fifteen, the number recorded from children within that age bracket is one thousand two hundred and seventy (1,270), according to the Head of Programmes at Rainbo Initiative Anthony Sam.
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 Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah Delivering a keynote address during the launch of a Fiscal and Policy Brief on COVID-19 in Sierra Leone, Mattia Kou Dimoh said the impacts of the pandemic would continue to live “with us” for the ‘foreseeable future’ despite Sierra Leone’s effort to defeat the virus. The event was organized by the Budget Advocacy Network (BAN) at the Council of