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Empowering Tomorrow: Highlights from the 2024 West African Girls Summit

The 2024 West African Girls Summit took place at Liberia's Farmington Hotel from March 26 to 29, 2024, with the overarching aim of empowering adolescent girls in the region and breaking down barriers

Group photo during West African Girls Summit.
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ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVIDES PEACE TO DISABLED PERSONS

When Joseph heard about the UNPBF-funded project implemented by the Women and Children Development Association of Liberia (WOCDAL), a national women-led organization that is one of the implementing

When Joseph heard about the UNPBF-funded project implemented by the Women and Children Development Association of Liberia (WOCDAL), a national women-led organization which is one of the implementing partners to ActionAid, he contacted them and explained his land conflict issues. WOCDAL used the Ministry of Justice Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) approach to settle the dispute.
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Enhancing Young Women's Access to Land and Natural Resources in Liberia.

The Land Rights Act, approved in 2018, has since documented huge discriminations in land and natural resource administration, emphasizing the respect for community land rights, financial transparency

Policy Brief, - Enhancing Young Women's access to land and Natural Resources in Liberia
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Policy Brief = Women and Rural Communities Land Rights

The Securing Land Rights for Women and Rural Communities in South-eastern Liberia (SLRWRCSL) project is a three-year European Union-funded intervention targeting 30 communities in Grand Gedeh, River

Beatrice was given land worth 1 km by her parents as a result of the awareness on 2018 Land rights Act of Liberia.
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ActionAid Liberia Calls for Urgent Action towards Climate Justice

Banks should put to a halt corporate financing for the expansion of fossil fuels and develop rapid exit strategies from oil and gas investments. ActionAid Liberia ActionAid is calling out this absurd

ActionAid Liberia Calls for Urgent Action towards Climate Justice
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"ActionAid made us self-sufficient" - The story of Josephine.

Elizabeth Gbah Johnson, the Country Director of ActionAid Liberia, expressed the organization's commitment to investing more in the fight against gender-based violence. Recognizing the challenges, she

“ActionAid made us self-sufficient”, said Josephine Poole
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CULTIVATING EQUALITY - The Inspiring Journey of Beatrice Carr Towards Land Ownership and Empowerment

In the face of these entrenched challenges, courageous women like Beatrice Carr have emerged as beacons of hope and agents of change. Beatrice, a 38-year-old mother of five and grandmother of three

I am grateful to have received my share of land from my family, a milestone I never thought possible. Growing up, I saw our mothers excluded from land discussions. This achievement feels like a dream come true. I believe in positive change. I want to thank ActionAid, DEN-L, and FORUMCIV for empowering our community, especially us women,"
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Commemorating the Day of the African Child: Empowering Women and Girls to End Violence and advocate for Gender Responsive Public Services.

June 16, 2024 – Today marks the annual commemoration of the Day of the African Child, a day that holds profound significance across the continent. Established in 1991, this day honors the brave black

Commemorating the Day of the African Child: Empowering Women and Girls to End Violence and advocate for Gender Responsive Public Services
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Upholding Integrity and Empowerment: ActionAid Liberia's Commitment to Fraud Prevention

At ActionAid Liberia, we are excited to celebrate a recent milestone
achieved by 20 of our dedicated staff members who were awarded
certificates for their participation in Fraud Prevention and

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Empowering Women and Youth: Transformative Land Rights Training in Gbarpolu County.

“For a long time women have been marginalized in owning land, we used to rely on our husbands or male relatives to buy land because we were not allowed to own land. This was dangerous because many of