Liberia: Sweeping Financial Audit Underway in Grand Bassa frontpageafricaonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from frontpageafricaonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Liberia: Women Coalition Petitions Lawmakers to Reinstate Clause Promoting Women’s Representation in Draft Election Law, Threatens Sit-in-action Today
Liberia: Women Coalition Petitions Lawmakers to Reinstate Clause Promoting Women’s Representation in Draft Election Law, Threatens Sit-in-action Today
Share
Capitol Hill, Monrovia – Scores of Liberian women from diverse spectrum, on Monday expressed dismay over what they referred to as alteration in the proposed new elections law of Liberia affecting women’s representation.
In a statement presented to the Women Legislative Caucus at the Capitol Building, the women emphasized that there were extensive national consultations held by the National Elections Commission (NEC), Civil Society groups and observers throughout the last two years, stressing that all agreed that it is of great importance that Liberia strengthens the Elections Law to give women a chance to sit at the same table as men to discuss and pass legislation affe
McDella Cooper, political leader of the Movement Of One Liberia (MOL), presenting the statement to the Women Legislative Caucus at the Capitol Building on behalf of her colleague emphasized that there were extensive national consultations held by the National Elections Commission (NEC), Civil Society groups and observers throughout the last two years that stressed the importance of strengthening the Elections Law to give women a chance to sit at the same table with men to discuss and pass legislation affecting all.
Women from across Liberia in collaboration with Elections Observation Network (LEON) have petitioned the Female Legislative Caucus seeking legislation that will enable female political participation at the level of the Legislature to enable them to have access to decision making.
Share:
African women are calling on the African Union, IGAD and the international community to set up a female peacekeeping force to promote peace in the Horn of Africa. The appeal issued on December 14 is signed, among others, by Julia Cassell, the former Minister of Gender from Liberia. It urges African leaders to create the conditions for peace on the ground.
Cassell is joined by nearly 120 women including entrepreneurs, teachers, humanitarian aid workers, scholars, civil servants, mothers and community workers, and health workers and from 20 countries across the African continent: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Benin, Niger, Ghana, Nigeria, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Cameroon, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
African Women Appeal for a Horn of Africa Peace Initiative - Press Release digitaljournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from digitaljournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.