The First Lady of Sierra Leone and President of the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), Fatima Bio, has described child marriage as a form of “legalised rape,” calling for...
Human rights lawyer Basita Michael has called on Parliament to include a clear ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the new Child Rights Act, 2024. In an official letter addressed to the Honourable...
The Commonwealth has asked Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Dr Fatima Maada Bio, to lead the formation of a newly established platform called the Commonwealth First Ladies Unit. The initiative aims to bring...
The Family Support Unit (FSU) of the Sierra Leone Police has embarked on a comprehensive sensitization campaign targeting schools in Kabala and its surrounding areas. This initiative aims to raise awareness...
In a press release dated 7th July 2024, the Secretary General of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM / MIPREDA) congratulated Sierra Leone's First Lady Madam Fatima Bio on the successful signing...
Sierra Leone's Concerned Pupils Association (CPA) has thrown its weight behind the #We Are Equal Campaign, expressing strong support for its efforts to end child marriage in the country. In a letter,...
The government of Sierra Leone has enacted the Child Marriage Bill 2024 which makes provision for criminalizing attendance at child marriage ceremonies. The bill specifically outlines that attending a...
Sierra Leone's First Lady Fatima Bio on Wednesday 14th February 2024 conveyed a critical meeting at her Goderich offices in Freetown, uniting key stakeholders to rally behind the proposed Prohibition...
The Parliamentary Legislative Committee Gender and Children Affairs Committee is set to discuss the repeal of the Child Right Act of 2007 and the Children and Young Persons Act. During the discussion,...
The Parliamentary Members of the Committee on Gender and Children’s Affairs, Civil Society Organisations and stakeholders have ended a three-day stakeholders’ meeting on ‘Child Marriage Bill’ review...
