A woman was allegedly tortured by her fellow women in a secret society Bush (Bondo Bush) in Kangama Town, Gorama Chiefdom in Kono. A photo circulating on social media shows the woman with scars all over...
The Forum Against Harmful Practices (FAHP) and Praise Foundation have launched the Alternative Rite of Passage (ARP) in Kayama Chiefdom. In a landmark event aimed at combating Female Genital Mutilation...
A disturbing incident in Taninahun Malen, Pujehun District has ignited fury after a 21-year-old woman endured a harrowing experience during a traditional initiation ceremony in the Bondo Bush. Her life...
The Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Mohamed Haji Kellah has disclosed that, President Julius Maada Bio has instructed the Internal Affairs Minister to arrest all those involved in the deaths of five...
Sixty Sierra Leonean women have successfully passed into womanhood through the Bondo society without genital mutilation at the Rosenbgeh village, Koya chiefdom, Port Loko district. The said initiates...
Over 50 women have successfully went through in what was termed as ‘a bloodless Bondo Bush’. The initiates are reported to be between the ages 19 and 33 went to the bush without being victims of female...
A 2-year-old child has been found dead in a Bondo Bush at Crossing Village in Waterloo, Western Rural District. The discovery was made by Police Constable David Aiah Sorie who intercepted a secret procession...
A Bondo Society 'Sowei' (Female Genital Mutilation Initiator) is on the run for alleged murdering a 14 years old girl in Koidu City, Kono District, Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Sources close...
Commit and Act Foundation headed by Madam Hannah Bockarie has empowered Sowie Women ( Female Genital Cutting initiates) in Tonkolili District to do Bondo secret society without Cutting/ blood. On Sunday...
On the 3rd of November 2022, Mattu Amara, a mother of four had some disagreement with her husband, Lansana Koroma of Mendekelema Village in the Gbombalay Section in Luawa Chiefdom in the Kailahun District....
