Her Voice Liberia, a human rights group, continues to champion the advocacy campaign to ensure that the rights of women and girls are protected, including empowering them for future national tasks.
Women, over the period in Liberia, have been marginalized in all spheres; however, as the paradigm is gradually shifting, Her Voice Liberia continues to be in the vanguard to ensure that the voices of women are heard loud and clear, especially in areas of access to justice, Rule of Law, equal opportunities, and empowerment.
As the group’s quest to increase awareness and advocacy in said direction, it is leaving no stone unturned in reaching out to rural communities to spread the message for the betterment of the society.
In South Eastern Liberia, residents of Rivercess and Grand Gedeh Counties are currently benefiting from one of Her Voice Liberia’s projects.
Designed and crafted as one of the project’s components, focusing on the “challenging harmful norms and practices” with emphasis on access to justice for women and girls, Her Voice Liberia conducted the dialogue with the rural residents on the effects, as well as dangers, of harmful traditional norms and practices, including using the legal means through access to justice in order to find remedy to their age-old and daily challenges.
As an eye opener, the dialogue further enlightened the participants, mainly rural dwellers, on the issue, with the hope of helping to make an impact in their respective communities.
The dialogue held in the two South Eastern Counties conducted by Her voice Liberia brought together two major families and communities, sharing experiences and actively engaging the issues, especially from the dialogue perspective on women and human rights.
Additionally, the dialogue also looked at how to prevent gender-based violence and the rights of marginalized groups.
Speaking briefly at the opening, the Executive Director of Her Voice Liberia, Evangeline Sirleaf, encouraged the participants to seize every advocacy opportunity on the issue in order to make a change in the society.
“Remain focused, believe in yourselves, and make a move in order for us to break the barrier,” she challenged them.
The dialogue activity in South Eastern Liberia is under the Enough project.
ENOUGH is an EU-funded project aimed at empowering women, girls, boys, and men, to take positive action in ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Ghana, Liberia, and Mali.
It is also being implemented by a consortium of Oxfam IBIS (consortium lead), Oxfam in Ghana, Oxfam in Liberia, Foundation for community Initiatives, WiLdaf/Ghana, and WILDAF/Mali.
