Women giving birth in public hospitals in Sierra Leone who are unable to pay informal fees face dangerous neglect and abuse by health care providers, in some cases leading to the deaths of women or ...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone 's capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of decomposing waste. Zainab sits there, squinting through the soot. It is her usual ...
A growing initiative is helping incarcerated women in Africa become certified soccer coaches An official soccer coaching program for incarcerated women is making waves across African correctional ...
When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family, she took friends’ advice and bought ...
Women are learning everything from tie-dye techniques to cake decoration and hair weaving at Twins Empowerment, a training academy in Makeni founded by sisters ...
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) holds second meeting of subcommittee on women in trade to strengthen their participation in cross-border trade in west Africa ...
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Visits Hastings Drug Rehabilitation Facility, Assures Victims of Government’s Resolve to End the Kush Crisis ...