Liberia

Technology Eyed to Improve Lives of Women
An all women delegation of technology innovators from the United States recently visited Liberia to explore how mobile technology could be used to improve the lives of women.

The head of the delegation, Professor Ann Marie Slaughter from Princeton University, said Liberia was chosen as a destination because many women are playing key leadership roles.

Slaughter further said the delegation examined how people could use the Internet to connect with opportunities, adding that more work needs to be done to improve the infrastructure of the Internet.

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Liberia’s Senate Summons Three CSOs
The Plenary of the Liberia Senate has voted to summon three CSOs to appear before it this week for making statements the senate describes as ‘disrespectful’ and ‘inciting’ against it.

The three organisations - Liberia Democracy Watch, Center for Democratic Empowerment and the Institute for Democracy and Development, were complained to the Senate by one of its member for making alleged derogatory remarks against the August body for the passage of a recent joint resolution instead of the threshold bill.

They are accused of pouring insults on the Legislature, by describing it its leadership as being ‘mentally impoverished’.

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LNRCS Opens Youth Centre in Liberia
The Liberian National Red Cross Society (LNRCS) as part of ongoing efforts aimed at developing the minds of Liberian youths has opened a youth centre to assist thousands of youths in that part of the country realise their potentials.

LNRCS' youth programme assistant, Patrick Dave Lloyd, says the organisation will ensure that every youth will be made to understand the importance and values attached to the new initiative.

“This is to make them understand that there are workable mechanisms which can afford them the opportunity to work in Unity to ensure a cohesive and strong community" explains Lloyd.

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Civil Society Education Fund Launched
- Civil society
- Education
- Liberia
- NGOs
- training
The Liberia Education for All Technical Committee (LETCOM) and its partners in collaboration with the Africa Network Campaign on Education (ANCEFA) have launched a Civil Society Education Funds in Monrovia.

The programme was launched following a two-day workshop aimed at creating awareness for the implementation of the programme and to brainstorm for the improvement of education in the country.

Speaking during the launch of the programme, LETCOM chairperson, Kadiatu Kamara, reminded her colleagues that the launch of the programme marks the beginning of the work to be done by the coalition.

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Protest Against Liberia’s TRC Report
- Liberia
- rights
A group calling itself the National Consciousness Movement of Liberia has staged a citywide demonstration to protest the report released by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

The group recommends the prosecution of former warring faction leaders and some of their associates as well as a thirty-year debarment from public office of certain Liberians including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for their support of the war.

The head of the National Consciousness Movement, Muna Kamara, described the report as 'evil genius and anti peace'. Kamara argued that the report is not in the interest of the Liberian people and any attempt to implement it will cause Liberians to lose the opportunity that has attracted many in the global community to aiding the country and that the international community may not take Liberia serious.

To read the article titled, “Civil society group protests TRC report,” click here.

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Call for the Establishment of Rights Commission
- Liberia
- NGOs
- rights
Civil society organisations are stepping up to calls for the establishment of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights of Liberia (INHC). The commission will take over from and implement recommendations advanced by that country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

Amongst other things, CSOs are calling on the government to urgently take appropriate measures aimed at resolving this concern for the speedy reconstitution and operation of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights within the next 60 days as of 23 July 23 2009.

CSOs are also urging the government to recognise civil society as an integral part of any reconstitution process, and as such involve her in all deliberations, consultations, and meetings intended to resolve the matter.

To read the article titled, “Advocate wants human rights commission established,” click here.

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http://allafrica.com/stories/200907240822.html