The Country Director and senior officials of BRAC have paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs. The visit aimed to update the Ministry on BRAC’s interventions, share...
Dr. Isata Mahoi, the Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs, met with the Community of Practice to discuss a new National Safeguarding Policy aimed at protecting vulnerable women and children. The...
The Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs (MoGCA) held a high-level coordination meeting with Both Ends Believing (BEB) and Sierra Leone Without Orphan to strengthen child protection efforts in Sierra...
Sheku Kallon, an employee at the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA), is under investigation by the Family Support Unit (FSU) of the Sierra Leone Police in Bo for allegedly abusing his...
From January to October 2024, the Rainbo Initiative recorded an alarming 2,339 gender-based violence (GBV) cases across its seven centers in Sierra Leone. Of those, 2,196 cases (94%) were sexual assaults...
Three students from Kankalay Secondary School in Lokomasama Chiefdom tragically drowned this week while on their way to school, sending shockwaves throughout the Gbainty Wallah Wharf community. The young...
The Kono District Council Hall became a center of inspiration and advocacy as the Kono Children Education Foundation (KONOCEF), in collaboration with the ECOWAS Volunteer Programme, hosted a celebration...
In a significant step toward protecting women’s health and rights in Sierra Leone, 20 women have graduated from the country’s first-ever bloodless Bondo initiation ceremony, a cultural rite of passage...
In a significant step toward enhancing child protection measures, the Deputy Minister of Gender and Children's Affairs, Hon. Buakai Bindi Hindowa, signed a performance contract with the National Commission...
Sierra Leone's Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs hosted a Liberian delegation led by Deputy Minister of Gender and Social Protection, Mrs. Garmai S. Tokpah, to strengthen child welfare collaboration. The...
