The Centre for the Coordination of Youth Activities (CCYA) has trained 100 women and girls in Moyamba district. Their task is crucial: to monitor referral pathways in the Sexual Offences Act of 2012.
UN rep says women’s rights still an issue in Sierra Leone
By Kenneth Thompson
The strategic planning committee of UN Women in Sierra Leone has identified women’s rights issues as major challenges confronting the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals and the government’s agenda for prosperity.
Acting head of the group, Melrose Kargbo, told a national consultative meeting that such rights issues were serious challenges to gender mainstreaming in particular and the need to ensure sustainable and inclusive development in general.
