Monrovia – Liberia’s new Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Williametta Piso Saydee-Tarr has pledged the Liberian government’s commitment to fully implement the National Social Protection Strategy and Policy crafted under the administration of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Speaking at the opening of a one-day Liberia’s HIV and Social Protection Planning workshop in Monrovia on Friday, March 9, Minister Saydee-Tarr noted that Liberia cannot realize its transformation and pro-poor agenda without scaling up its social protection strategies that restore dignity and foster social inclusion. The government is committed to implementing the Social Protection Agenda which is under the human development pillar. Liberia cannot realize its transformation agenda without the scaling up of the social protection strategies that can restore dignity and foster social inclusion. Its was aimed at reviewing and endorsing the final HIV and Social Protection Assessment report and to develop an HIV and Social Protection roll out plan as called for by the Liberia’s HIV and social protection assessment conducted in June 2017.

Source: Front Page Africa March 12, 2018 01:18 UTC