Liberia Government Needs to Do More to Implement Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women -Civil Society Shadow Report FindsMonrovia – A conglomerate of human rights civil society organizations in Liberia under the banner Civil Society Organizations Human Rights Advocacy Platform (CSO-Platform) of Liberia in a report has indicated that the Government of Liberia needs to do more to implement the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). During the validation of the CEDAW shadow Report on the 9th Periodic Report of Liberia, the shadow report pointed out that Government of Liberia has made little progress on the implementation of the 2015 CEDAW Concluding recommendations. He extended thanks to the OHCHR for all the support that led to the successful preparation of the shadow report. The OHCHR Human Rights Officer said Civil Society organizations and the Government are not enemies as they all work together for the protection of human rights. The validation exercise was attended by representatives from score of civil society organizations, government agencies, United Nations agencies and other institutions.
