On Monday, November 25, 2024, the Pujehun District Women Development Advocacy Forum (PUDWAF), with support from Purposeful through The MOVE GRANT, officially launched the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based...
Between April and June this year, Sierra Leone recorded 739 Gender-Based Violence (GBV) survivors, including 680 cases of sexual violence and 59 of physical violence, according to a Quarterly Report from...
During a town hall engagement, the Government of Sierra Leone announced the establishment of a Presidential Task Force to combat Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) across the country. The Task Force,...
In a significant step towards combating gender-based violence, the Pujehun District Women Development Advocacy Forum (PuDWAF), a local non-governmental organization, has ended it community stakeholder’s...
On May 14, 2024, British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone Lisa Chesney visited Pujehun District to meet with local women's rights organizations, including the Pujehun District Women's Development and...
To boost community resilience against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and foster a safer environment, the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) concluded a two-day workshop themed "The...
Rainbo Initiative Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Report 2023 confirmed that a total of 2,999 sexual violence cases were recorded, and 99.4% of those abused were women and children. The report was disclosed...
Findings from the Afrobarometer survey have shown that fewer Sierra Leonean women have tertiary education. The report which was released on the 8th of December 2022 stated that "Women are less likely...
Gender-based violence is a high priority for officials in Sierra Leone, but citizens say it is a private matter. This is according to dispatch reports on a special survey module included in the Afrobarometer...
