The annual international campaign kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. In Liberia, the campaign consisted of a series of nationwide events that honored women and girls whose lives have been affected by or lost because of gender-based violence. “It is a shame that women and girls were still being abused even during the course of the campaign. Brenda Brewer Moore of KEEPAn emotional night of great poems highlighted the level of abuses that women endure daily. The gathering was treated to 16 spoken words (poems) as a way of climaxing the 16 Days of Activism.

Source: Front Page Africa December 14, 2021 10:11 UTC