The Girls have won- beamed WAVES-SL Director
Author: Vanessa Stevens Teaser: “We asked the girls if they wanted us to take the ban to court, and they said, ‘Yes, fight our case for us,’” Hannah Yambasu explained.…
Director of WAVES-SL speaks on International Day of Girl Child
Author: Alusine Rogers / Dauda Musa Bangura Teaser: Let us break the boundaries posed by discriminatory policies against girl-child education, the stereotypes and exclusion, including those directed at children with…
‘Education is better than FGM’… says chief sowei
Author: Alusine Rogers/Alfred Rogers Teaser: Jeneba Alfred, Chief of Soweis at Sahn Village in Niawalenga Chiefdom, Bo District has encouraged school going children in the Chiefdom not to go through…
Pregnant at 13 and able to attend school…….
Author: Penny Spiller- BBC News/Alusine Rogers, WAVES-SL. Teaser: Fatu (not her real name) admits it is not easy being at school while pregnant, but she is determined to complete her…
Women are still struggling for equality –Says WAVES Director
Author: Aruna Kamara/ Alusine Rogers Teaser: “We’re not celebrating Women’s Day but commemorating because we’re still struggling for a safe and enabling environment that favours our equal participation in leadership…
FGM similar to cannibalism: says Chief Sombie.
Author: Alusine Rogers Teaser: The Community Chief of New Gerihun Road Bo, Joe Sombie Dambawa, has described Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as Cannibalism during a one- day stakeholder's meeting with…
WAVES engages girls on teenage pregnancy
Author: Aruna Kamara Teaser: School going children in the operational area of Women Against Violence and Exploitation in Society(WAVES) Sierra Leone have commended WAVES- SL for protecting their space to…
Engagiert gegen sexualisierte Gewalt/ Active against gender and sexual- based violence.
Author: Hannah Kentouch/ Ursula Radermacher Teaser: The NGO WAVES fights against female genital mutilation and sexualized violence and for the rights of women and girls in Sierra Leone. WAVES stands…
FGM has no value – Says WAVES Director
Author: Alusine Rogers / Dauda Musa Bangura Teaser: The Director of Women Against Violence and Exploitation in Society (WAVES) Sierra Leone, Hannah Fatmata Yambasu has said that Female Genital mutilation…
As Pressure Mounts on Government to Act… Speaker of Parliament Sees Need to Outlaw FGM .
Author: Amin Kef Sesay Teaser: Following a petition submitted to the Speaker of Parliament, in his Chambers at Parliament Building by Anti-FGM Campaigners led by Rugiatu Nenneh Koroma nee Turay…
