Hannah Kentouche

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…