Over the last few weeks, we have lost not just one, but several girls and women to sexual and gender-based violence. We declared Rape as a national emergency to prevent these deaths, incidents and the constant abuse of children, and women. The government continues to politicize the safety of Liberian children and women in the name of scoring political points by making big, big promises and openly lying about the SGBV cases. For example, the WCPS in Gbarpolu only have one female staff and a motorbike to run the entire county women and children affairs. The fight against sexual violence has never been a priority for the pro-poor government until we forced them in 2020.

Source: Front Page Africa February 02, 2022 17:22 UTC