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BACKGROUND The Indigenous Peoples Alliance for Rights and Development (IPARD IF) is a five-year United States Agency of International Development (USAID) Global Development Alliance (GDA) with a grant that runs from July August 12, 2020, through August 11, 2025. The IPARD IF will be implemented through Indigenous National Development (IND) Programs aimed to secure rights, enhance capabilities, and create self-determined economic opportunities for Indigenous Peoples in targeted countries worldwi...

Dr. Francien Chenoweth Richardson Dr. Francien Chenoweth Richardson, a psychologist and counsellor, has cautioned Liberians to be more proactive in addressing Rape Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), stating that rape is a second highest crime in Liberia. “We know that cases go to the court and at the end of the day these cases are thrown out.” Dr. Richardson, is a professor of Psychology from Immaculata University located in East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia Ar...

Liberia: Experts Call for Sustained Advocacy, Coordinated Effort in Curbing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence at Cummings Africa Foundation’s sponsored Anti-Rape, SGBV Forum Liberia: Experts Call for Sustained Advocacy, Coordinated Effort in Curbing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence at Cummings Africa Foundation’s sponsored Anti-Rape, SGBV Forum Share Speaking on the theme “Understanding Liberia’s Rape Crisis- How Do We overcome it Together,” the panelists, in separate remarks, called f...