Liberia: Women in Peacebuilding Network gets assurance from gov t
By Eric Pervist
FEB 18, 2021
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection welcomes the reassurance from the presidency to the Women in Peacebuilding Network, that they would not be relocated from their Airfield prayer ground.
The ministry s assurance comes following ill-intended rumors that the Government is seeking to relocate the women prayer group due to the construction of the Invincible Eleven Park by President George M. Weah.
These rumors are false and misleading and the ministry frowns at individuals who have misinterpreted the President s assertion, with the intentions of creating unnecessary panic amongst the valiant women prayer warriors. President George Manneh Weah as a devoted son and grandson to both his mother and grandmother has showcased respect, land unflinching support of the agenda of Women of Liberia and in all of their endeavors. The President was clear in his speech on the day of
Traditional Leaders and Female Zoes in Ganta, Nimba County signed a deceleration to suspend the practice of Sande Bush School in Liberia for 1 year in Liberia
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP-Liberia), over the year, has worked with six Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in contributing to the achievement of outcome-3 of the Spotlight Initiative, being implemented by UN Women.
WANEP is a Regional Peacebuilding institution with its Women in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET Program serving as one of the strongest women human rights and gender advocacy in Liberia, with a specific focus on women empowerment for national leadership, and speaking against gender-based violence, including rape.